How did the supreme court decision in Worcester v Georgia and the Indian Removal Act lead to the removal and resettlement of native American groups?
A year later, they reversed themselves, and it made President Jackson mad, and he refused to abide by the court ruling, and moved the Indians out.
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The Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia and the Indian Removal Act played significant roles in the removal and resettlement of Native American groups in the 19th century.
1. Worcester v. Georgia: In 1832, the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia ruled that the state of Georgia did not have the authority to regulate or interfere with the Cherokee Nation. The decision recognized the Cherokee Nation as a sovereign entity with the rights to govern itself and its lands.
However, President Andrew Jackson famously defied the court's decision and chose not to enforce it, leading to the eventual forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.
2. Indian Removal Act: In 1830, President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law. This act gave the federal government the power to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes to exchange their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States for lands west of the Mississippi River, known as Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).
The act was controversial, as it was aimed at forcibly removing Native American tribes from their lands to make way for white settlement and expansion. The government used various tactics, including bribery, coercion, and threats of military force, to pressure tribes into signing removal treaties.
As a result of Worcester v. Georgia being ignored, combined with the Indian Removal Act, several Native American tribes were forcibly displaced from their ancestral homelands and forced to relocate to the Indian Territory. This forced relocation, known as the Trail of Tears, resulted in the suffering and death of thousands of Native Americans.
To summarize, the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia recognized the Cherokee Nation's sovereignty, but President Jackson's failure to enforce it, combined with the Indian Removal Act, led to the coerced removal and resettlement of Native American groups from their lands.