Why were people forced to migrate in the Trail of Tears- Migration?

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  What forced, people to migrate in the Trail of Tears?
  
  • The tribes were forced to move west so the greedy Americans could grow cotton and mine. The Cherokee tribe mined gold on their southern territories . 
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  • President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 for two reasons as follows:
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  • The first reason was the economic value of the land. By the relocating the Native Americans from North Georgia, the government was able to sell the land to American settlers and speculators.  
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  • There is also evidence that the land was rich in gold, which only increased economic interest in the area. 
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  •    The second reason that Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act was the recommendation of President James Monroe. 
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  •     In his last address to Congress in 1825, Monroe emphasised the benefits of passing the law.
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  •     When the Cherokees refused to leave their homeland, the federal government forcefully removed them.
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  •     They were relocated to Oklahoma, but suffered an estimated 4,000 casualties along the way. 
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  •     The Cherokees attempted to protest the Indian Removal Act by filing judicial action against the state of Georgia.
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  •     The case reached the Supreme Court, and John Marshall ruled in favour of the Cherokee Nation.
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  •      Marshall stated that the U.S. government had no claim to the Cherokee lands. President Jackson, however, refused to enforce the decision.