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Why did Samuel Worcester challenge the constitutionality of the Georgia act

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becasue he wanted to
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He challenged the constitutionality of the court because it violated the constitution.

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Worcester V. Georgia was one of the important cases in the united states history. In this case the supreme court ruled that the states had no authority to impose laws on the native American land.

Worcester and others were charged in the supreme court for residing in the Cherokee nation without a incense and without taking oath for supporting and defending laws and constitution of Georgia. They were charged with 1830 act of Georgia Legislature that prevented the exercise of power by persons on pretext of having authority by Cherokee Indians. Worcester argued the the 1830 act of Georgia violated the constitution and the treaties between the Cherokee nation and united states. Worcester lost the case and sentence to hard labour.

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