Introduction The Trail of Tears was a movement of Cherokee Indians because of the Western expansion of the Americans. This trail was from Georgia to The Cherokee Indians were American allies and when they requested the Supreme Court for assistance the court allowed them to remain in Georgia. Though, President Andrew Jackson’s desire of moving the Cherokee out of their land was put in to action unexpectedly. In the year of 1838, 7,000 Troops forced a large population of Native Americans to abandon their homeland, Georgia and move to the Indian Territory and reservations in The devastating, Trail of Tears relates to the westward expansion of the American people because it was its affect. Since Thomas Jefferson had talked about the “Manifest Destiny”, the Americans wished to occupy all available land around them, forgetting that there were ancestors of the nation being killed and sent away. The removal of Indians from Georgia showed the great extent that Americans can go for power and this also showed the Native Americans that these people weren’t as nice as they treated them. The Cherokee Indians couldn’t endure the desires of Americans and this is why there population deteriorated so suddenly. The Americans should wonder, maybe the occupation of this land isn’t as important as the death of the true people of America. |