basic Timeline of trail of tears
1830 - Andrew Jackson passes Indian Removal Act
1831 - Choctaw Indians are first nation removed from their lands entirely
1831 - Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia
1835 - Members of the Cherokee Indians and American Government sign the Treaty of New Echota
1836 - Federal Government drives Creek Indians out of their lands
1838 - Government Soldiers speed up the Cherokee Indian removal; holding the Indians at gunpoint along the entire journey
1840 - Thousands of Indian had been removed from their lands and forced to live in the Indian Territory
1831 - Choctaw Indians are first nation removed from their lands entirely
1831 - Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia
1835 - Members of the Cherokee Indians and American Government sign the Treaty of New Echota
1836 - Federal Government drives Creek Indians out of their lands
1838 - Government Soldiers speed up the Cherokee Indian removal; holding the Indians at gunpoint along the entire journey
1840 - Thousands of Indian had been removed from their lands and forced to live in the Indian Territory