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Native Am. removal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alexander McGillivray | Creek who ceded land located between the Ogeechee and Oconee Rivers to Georgia |
| William McIntosh | Creek chief who signed a treaty ceding all Creek lands to the United States |
| Sequoyah | Cherokee who created the Syllabery |
| John Ross | Cherokee chief who argued that Georgia laws did not extend over the Cherokee land-led trail of tears |
| Dahlonega Gold Rush | gold discovered in Dahlonega brought miners to that area leading to the Trail of Tears |
| Andrew Jackson | U.S. President who ordered the removal of the Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma terrotory |
| Worcester v. Georgia | U.S. Supreme court case whose ruling states that Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation |
| John Marshall | U.S. Supreme Court Justice that announced the Supreme Court's decision in the Worcester v. Georgia case |
| Trail of Tears | Name given to the forced removal of the Cherokee to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) |
| Major Ridge | Cherokee who felt it was better for their people to move west |
| New Echota | the permanent capital of the Cherokee |
| Treaty of New Echota | allowed the Cherokee to retain sovereignity and maintain peace, but required they release their ancestral land and relocate to Oklahoma |
| syllabary | a group of symbols that stand for whole syllables; created by Sequoyah |
| Cherokee Phoenix | the first Indian newspaper;was printed in Cherokee and English |
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