Trail of Tears

Trail of Tears At the conclusion of the colonials' War of Independence with Britain, during which the Cherokee had fought alongside the British, a treaty was signed in 1786, establishing the boundaries of Cherokee territory. As always, encroachments by European-American settlers continued in violation of this written agreement. A second treaty and another cession of territory was forced on the Cherokee people, sanctioning both existing encroachments as well as anticipated land hunger. In the War of 1812, …

…the Americas. After preparing this commentary I now know, they were being moved from their land by gunpoint and cast into the wasteland of present day Oklahoma. Bibliography Odur. “Civilizations Under Siege”(16 Apr 00) online @ http://odur.let.rug.nl/ ~usa/E/conquest/siege25.htm) Brinkley. “History of the United States,” 2nd Ed. (Washington D.C: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1994) 35-280 Bailey, Kennedy and Cohen.“The American Pageant,” 11th Ed. (Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998) 280