Event
Treaty of New Echota
Treaty of 29 December 1835 signed by a minority of Cherokee, giving up Cherokee land east of the Mississippi.
- Dates
- 29 Dec 1835
- Place
- New Echota
Connections 5
interventions
- Andrew Jackson 1835 Primary record 1
involved
- United States government sought out the minority that signed Primary record 2
- Cherokee Nation more than 15,000 protested Primary record 2
led to
- Trail of Tears Primary record 3
located in
- New Echota Primary record 2
Timeline 2 dates
- 1835 Andrew Jackson intervened in Treaty of New Echota
- 29 Dec 1835 Treaty of New Echota
Proof 3 sources
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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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What Happened on the Trail of Tears?, National Park Service, Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
Primary record
Only 300 to 500 Cherokees were there; none were elected officials of the Cherokee Nation. Twenty signed the treaty
More than 15,000 Cherokees protested the illegal treaty.
They believed that they might survive as a people only if they signed a treaty with the United States.
In December 1835, the U.S. sought out this minority to effect a treaty at New Echota, Georgia.
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Preludes to the Trail of Tears, National Park Service.
Primary record
He provided a two year extension on the treaty to allow time for the members to move to their new home in present-day Oklahoma. Then, in May of 1838, he ordered General Winfield Scott to evict the remaining Cherokees
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