The Indian Removal of 1830 came about for the removal of the Cherokee Indians on the southern land made the state of Georgia relieved. 13,000 Cherokee Indians once lived in Georgia and Tennessee. A total of 250,00 Indians were removed from the southern land in the United States. One fourth of them died or disappeared along the way of the brutal removal. Along the process of removal, they averaged three-to-four deaths a day. The removal was done by walking, horses or boat. None of those ways of transportation were pleasant for the Indians. The Cherokee Indians in the South were not treated with any dignity or respect.
The Trail of Tears tells the story about the removal of the Cherokee Indians from the southern land in the United States. Andrew Jackson was the president of the United States during the Cherokee Indian removal. To say the least, the Cherokee Indians were not fans of President Jackson; he wanted the removal and encouraged it. Jackson claimed that the removal of the Cherokee Indians would solve the problem, but what was the problem? Gold was found on the land of the Cherokee Indians and they prohibited the Indians to mine it. The gold found on the Indian land, resulted in the first American gold rush. President Jackson would do whatever it takes to get money, he was all about the money. The indians were treated nothing less how humans should be treated.
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The Indians were forced to leave their land in the South. They all migrated to the west and settled in the part of the United States that were more welcoming. The lands in the south of the indians were sold by gunpoint by Andrew Jackson. The lands that were sold stayed open for white settlement. Many of the white Americans thought that the Cherokee Indians were arrogant and