Where was the Cherokee territory for thousands of years? - Their home was in the Appalachian Mountains, How many square miles did it cover? - It covered 40,000 square miles , What happened in 1819? - The US governement signed a treaty that guaranteed its sovereignity to the Cherokee nation, What did they found in 1825? - Theu founded a capital called New Echota in 1825., What did they build on that new settlement? - They built a court house, a council house, a post office and foremost the first Indian language newspaper. , Who was elected in 1829?  - Andrew Jackson was elected as the new US president., What happened in 1830? - A. Jackson believed all Native Americans were savages. He signed a treaty to remove thousands of Native American from their homes in Georgia. , What happened to these Native Americans chased from their land? - They were forced to walk more than one thousand miles west to Oklahoma. 5000 Cherokees died from cold, hunger or disease on that six-month journey., How was that journey named? - This journey came to be known as the Trail of Tears, Where do the Cherokee descendants live now? - The Eastern band of Cherokee lives on sovereign Indian land in North Carolina., What mountains are their home now?  - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The most visited national park in the nation.,

The Trail of Tears

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