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When did the US government agree to pay the Seminoles in exchange for land?

in the 1830s
in the 1840s
in the 1850s
in the 1860s

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1840s

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The US government agreed to pay the Seminoles in exchange for land in the 1830s. Specifically, in 1832, the Treaty of Payne's Landing was signed between the United States and a faction of the Seminole tribe, which provided for the exchange of tribal lands in Florida for territory west of the Mississippi River. However, many Seminoles refused to relocate and a conflict known as the Second Seminole War ensued, lasting from 1835 to 1842. Ultimately, the majority of Seminoles were forcibly removed from Florida and relocated to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1840s.

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