https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u American History Class en-us 2018-11-12 22:31:54 UTC 2023-06-11 04:27:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303502903 The Indian Removal act forced them to assimilate into the laws of the settlers. Those who refused were forced northwest by means of the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).]]> 2018-11-12 22:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303502903 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303503572 Choctaw from Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were forced to travel to Oklahoma in below freezing temperatures and flooding. Almost six thousand perished along the trail, while only five thousand remained in their native territory, subject to legal conflicts, harassment, and abuse.]]> 2018-11-12 22:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303503572 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303504690 Seminole Indians were instructed to settle with the Creek reservation and assimilate into their tribe. However, the Muskogee Creek considered them deserters. The Seminoles resisted peacefully.]]> 2018-11-12 22:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303504690 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303511228 Cherokee land was taken and they were given five million dollars and a reservation in Oklahoma. The Cherokee never saw the money. It was spent on public facilities in the land they were removed from to "grind their corn."]]> 2018-11-12 23:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303511228 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303512796 After paying the Choctaws $530,000 for a segment of their land, the Chickasaws gathered with all of their belongings in Memphis and traveled their Trail of Tears route to Indian Territory to merge with Choctaw nation.]]> 2018-11-12 23:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303512796 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303514985 The Cherokees tried to speak with congress to protest the Treaty of New Echota. Congress did not listen and troops were ordered to begin roundup of the Cherokee.]]> 2018-11-12 23:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303514985 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303515616 Forced into concentration camps full of disease and starvation, Cherokee Indians that were not bought as slaves were held until the first wave of Cherokee was sent on the Trail of Tears.]]> 2018-11-12 23:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303515616 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303515987 Forcibly remove from their southeastern U.S. land to Oklahoma, over 5,000 of them already small Cherokee tribe died on the trail. Cherokee named the trail "Nu na da ul tsun yi," or "the place where they cried." After 13,000 Cherokee were placed in concentration camps where they faced starvation, cold, and diseases, their property was destroyed and they were sent to Indian Territory. ]]> 2018-11-12 23:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303515987 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303516791 In the winter, the Cherokee began marching the one thousand miles on foot with no shoes and light clothing. They started from Red Clay, Tennessee. They were not allowed to stop in any towns due to the possibility of passing on diseases. They were charged to cross the river on Berry's Ferry. The Ferry was normally twelve cents, but the Cherokees were forced to pay a dollar. ]]> 2018-11-12 23:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303516791 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303557229 The first overland group of Cherokee arrives in Oklahoma. A riverboat brings many sick and injured Cherokee, along with Chief Ross.]]> 2018-11-13 03:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303557229 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303557623 The one thousand mile journey had been completed by the last group of Cherokee and they began to rebuild houses, clear out land for planting, and build their nation in Indian Territory.]]> 2018-11-13 03:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303557623 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303557946 Eastern and western Cherokee nations were joined by the Act of Union. Also, the Cherokee party attempted to negotiate with the native Sequoyah.]]> 2018-11-13 03:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303557946 donnabarcelles https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303558314 The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole tribes were forced off their land as westward expansion of European settlers was carried out. Although, the Trail of Tears is predominantly known as a Cherokee historical event, the other four tribes were forced along the trail as well, with each of them taking a different route from their native land to Indian Territory, which later became the state of Oklahoma.]]> 2018-11-13 03:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/donnabarcelles/boqjk22utn3u/wish/303558314