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In Diary from Trial of tears Why were Native American groups forcibly relocated?

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Explanation: Andrew Jackson just like Thomas Jefferson believe in removing the Indians in order to seize their lands. In Georgia, gold had been discovered on the territory of the Cherokees. Taking lands from Native tribes was also a means of having revenue for the federal government.


The Cherokee Trail of Tears resulted from the enforcement of the Treaty of New Echota, an agreement signed under the provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which exchanged Indian land in the East for lands west of the Mississippi River, but which was never accepted by the elected tribal leadership or a majority
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