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The 5 Nations still survive and exist today

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The Europeans pushed Native People off their land 11,000 miles

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When the gold and Cherokee group was discovered, the US government decided they wanted the gold so they could have money. They forced the Cherokee to leave their land

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The Seminoles fought hard to defend their land through a ten year war. Eventually they still had to leave their land and go to the "Indian Territory"

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During the Trail of Tears, 4,000 Native People died due to starvation , exhastion, and diseases

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On the Trail of Tears one of the generals was actually helpful because they split the groups of people into smaller groups so they could have more land and find more food so they don't die from starvation.

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The Cherokee did not want to sign a treaty to give away their land but a minority signed away all of their land for 5 million dollars.

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President Andrew Jackson went to court with the Cherokee and the court said that he should not be trying to take land from the Cherokee. He didn't care what the court said, he still forced them all off their land.

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The people on the Trail of Tears died from diseases, starvation, exhaustion and weather conditions.

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About 4,000 Cherokee people died on the Trail of Tears walking.

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The Cherokee stood up to the US government and took their case to court. They won the case, the President still sent the army to move the native people off their land to the Indian territory.

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When gold was discovered on Cherokee land, the American government demanded to have that land.

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William Penn wanted to buy land from the Lenape but he tried to treat the Lenape better than other Europeans did.

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The Europeans wanted to trade beads for fur and this brought a lot of diseases and killed many Lenape people.

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The Europeans actually purchased Manahatta for a lot of things (for about 60 guilders, which is $1,000). This does not seem like enough for a whole letter.

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The Lenape made a deal that they thought would work because they didn't think someone could walk across all their land in a day and a half, but they were tricked.

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When Dutch ships and fur traders came to Lenaphoking, they brought with them terrible diseases that the Lenape did not know about. Many Lenape people died from them.

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One European, William Penn's son, tricked the Lenape into taking their land by making an unfair deal. He hired runners to make tracks across all of the Lenape land. This forced them to have to move west because so much of their land was taken.