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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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of New Echota, New Echota, Georgia canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	treaty ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity	Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizedBy	U.S. Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOf	Trail of Tears NERFINISHED ⓘ
compensation	5,000,000 US dollars ⓘ land in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ
conflict	Cherokee–United States relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered	controversial in U.S. history ⓘ illegitimate by most Cherokee ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved	Cherokee Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Indian Removal of the Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Cherokee removal ⓘ cession of Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter	New Echota, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Principal Chief John Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ majority of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
partOf	United States Indian removal policy NERFINISHED ⓘ
ratificationDate	1836-05-23 ⓘ
ratificationMargin	one vote in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
relatedTo	Indian Removal Act of 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester v. Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
signatory	Elias Boudinot NERFINISHED ⓘ John F. Schermerhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Major Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Stand Watie NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty Party NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. commissioners NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1835-12-29 ⓘ
signingLocation	Cherokee Nation (east) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Echota, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ