Person

Andrew Jackson

Seventh President of the United States; signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830.

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Four governments' laws on Native land and labour, 1542 to 1830 signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 Primary record 2
U.S. wars and massacres against Indian nations, 1776 to 1890 at Horseshoe Bend in 1814, "determining to exterminate" the Red Stick Creeks, in his later words; at least 800 died Scholarship & press 3

Timeline 4 dates

Proof 4 sources

What Happened on the Trail of Tears?, National Park Service, Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Primary record
In his 1829 inaugural address, President Andrew Jackson set a policy to relocate eastern Indians.
Analyzing the Petition Against the Treaty of New Echota, National Archives, DocsTeach. Primary record
Congress passed, and President Andrew Jackson signed, this act which was the first major step in forcibly relocating American Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River.
Genocide and American Indian History, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History, 2 Mar 2015. Scholarship & press Archived copy
This event, usually termed a battle, had some characteristics of a massacre.
the loss of at least eight hundred in 1814 when Andrew Jackson, “determining to exterminate them,” as he later put it, breached their fortifications at Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River.
Chief John Ross Protests the Treaty of New Echota, National Park Service. Primary record
Despite this, President Jackson ‘negotiated’ the New Treaty of Echota in 1835.

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