• Creek Chief
• Signed the Treaty of New York that gave away the Creek land east of the Oconee River.
• Promised no white settlers west of that
• Angered the Georgia settlers who mostly ignored the treaty

• Signed Treaty of Indian Springs that gave away the rest of their land in Georgia
• Was paid $200,000
• Murdered by his own people

• Created a language for the Cherokee
• It was an alphabet based on syllables called the “Syllabary”
• Wanted to be more “civilized” like the settlers

• Cherokee chief
• Went to Washington several times to beg them to honor previous treaties
• Once took a petition with 15,000 signatures

• The white settlers wanted the Cherokee land because gold was discovered there
• “last straw” for natives
• “Trail of Tears” began

• Missionaries who spoke against the state of
Georgia while on Cherokee land
• Was arrested and convicted for not signing the governor’s agreement about staying loyal to the state while on Cherokee land
• Appealed to U.S Supreme Court
• Chief Justice John Marshall sided with the missionaries and said that the state’s laws do not apply on Cherokee land

• General during the Creek War
• President of the U.S.
• Signed the Indian Removal Act into law
• Started the “Trail of Tears”

• Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
• Sided with the missionaries in Worcester v
Georgia
• Said Georgia laws do not apply on Cherokee land

• The forced removal of native Americans from their land.
• Many of the natives got sick or died on the trek to Oklahoma

• Person’s Name
• One word to describe person
• Two words to explain importance
• Three words to explain significance to Georgia
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• Four or Five words to explain impact on
Natives
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