Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia

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The Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1835 at New Echota, Georgia, was a controversial agreement that ceded all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States and led directly to the forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty
appliesToTerritorialEntity Alabama
Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River
linked to: Cherokee homeland

North Carolina
South Carolina
State of Georgia
linked to: Georgia

Tennessee
authorizedBy U.S. Senate
causeOf Trail of Tears
compensation 5,000,000 US dollars
land in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)
conflict Cherokee–United States relations
considered controversial in U.S. history
illegitimate by most Cherokee
country United States of America
ethnicGroupInvolved Cherokee Nation
white American settlers
followedBy forced Cherokee removal of 1838–1839
hasEffect forced removal of the Cherokee Nation
loss of Cherokee ancestral homelands
relocation of Cherokee to Indian Territory
historicalPeriod Jacksonian era
language Cherokee
English
legalBasisFor Indian Removal of the Cherokee
linked to: Trail of Tears
mainSubject Cherokee removal
cession of Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River
namedAfter New Echota, Georgia
opposedBy Principal Chief John Ross
majority of the Cherokee Nation
partOf United States Indian removal policy
ratificationDate 1836-05-23
ratificationMargin one vote in the U.S. Senate
relatedTo Indian Removal Act of 1830
Worcester v. Georgia
signatory Elias Boudinot
John F. Schermerhorn
John Ridge
Major Ridge
Stand Watie
Treaty Party
U.S. commissioners
United States of America
signingDate 1835-12-29
signingLocation Cherokee Nation (east)
New Echota, Georgia
stipulated relinquishment of all Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River
removal of Cherokee within two years
yearSigned 1835

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Major Ridge placeSigned Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia