Ida B. Tarbell was an essential investigative journalist.
Besides being a journalist, Ida B. Tarbell was an American writer and a lecturer. She lived during the late 19th century and also during the oil boom. Furthermore, <u>she was one of the pioneers of investigative journalism and she mainly spent her life investigating about the oil industry</u> and advocating for world peace. One of her most famous works is <em>The History of the Standard Oil Company,</em> where she confrontates and exposes John Rockefeller's practices.
The Creek nation was pressured by Georgians to give them their land. In 1773 Gerorgia purchased part of their land by forgiven the debt Creeks had acrued with them. From then on, with the American Revolution, Creeks were divided between the American and British sides. The Upper Creeks, influenced by Cherokee indians took the English side, while the Lower Creeks took Americans'.
In 1786 Creeks declared war on Georgia for the lands ceaded in Augusta Treaty. In 1832 Creeks signed a contract to finnaly leave Georgia to Indian Territory and after a brief conflict in 1836, they left now Georgia's territory to begin a new life in Indian Territory.
