Indian Removal Act

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Between 1816 and 1840, Indian tribes signed more than 40 treaties to secure their lands. In 1829, President Jackson relocated the eastern Indians and in 1830 the Indian Removal Act forced the Indians to move west of Mississippi. Between 1830 and 1850, 100,000 Indians were were living between Michigan, Florida, and Louisiana. Many Indians was abused during the traveling to the west by the U.S. Army. The Cherokees traded with the European settlers that arrived here. They embraced European customs and began to receive their economy from agriculture. Gold was found on the lands, which then Georgia started holding the lotteries to give away the land to whites. The Treaty of New Echota was signed on December 1835, ceding Cherokee land to the U.S.