Indian Removal Legislation

Concept of Indian Removal Act

Indian Removal Act may be defined as: The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. Approximately 60,000 Native Americans were forced west from their homelands by the U.S. Government on a series of removals between 1830 and 1840. The most well known removal was the Trail of Tears in 1838 and 1839, when approximately 4,000 Cherokees died.(1) See more related entries to Indian Removal Legislation in this legal encyclopedia.

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1. From Library of Congress website, .