ackson believed tribes should be removed from ancestral lands.
He wanted to make room for settlers and those who would make profit from land.
Most supporters in the West and South favored this policy.
They fought in a war that lasted until the 1840s.
They took legal action and sued the state government of Georgia.
A written language
Georgia had no jurisdiction over the Cherokees and no claim to their lands
He disagreed with Marshall and refused to enforce it.
To remove the tribes from their land forcefully
Some leaders accepted Western land and payment to leave their land in Georgia.
Some disagreed with the Treaty and resisted leaving their ancestral land.
20,000 Cherokees
many perished and others were left to survive in a completely new land
