Andrew+Jackson

=Andrew Jackson=

Trail of Tears
====The Trail of Tears was basically the Indians being exiled out've their land. Andrew Jackson wanted to place the Indians in the west. By doing this he convinced some of the Cherokee to sign a treaty calling the removal to the West. These started after Jackson came down from presidency, forcibly pulling families out of their homes with all the others. As many as 15,000 Cherokee were forced to move. They were to be sent to Indian Territory, which was a little of Kansas and most of Oklahoma. It was a rough and tough journey for the Indians. Many died, almost 8,000 along the way of disease, sickness, old age, starvation, and the guilty ones gave themselves up for execution. This was the Trail of Tears.====