In Georgia when gold was discovered, the Cherokee were forcibly removed from their land. The Cherokee sued in the Supreme Court for the right to remain on their land, and the ruling was in their favor. <Tab/>But unfortunately, President Andrew Jackson ignored this ruling. He sent federal troops to remove the Cherokee. With the harsh winter conditions in 1838 the troops succeeded in removing the Cherokee form Georgia, and forced them …showed first 75 words of 582 total…

…showed last 75 words of 582 total…to leave their land. This became known as the Trail Of Tears in which four thousand of the sixteen thousand Cherokees died of cold, hunger, and disease they encountered while making their way to the western lands they were being forced to move to. <Tab/> The Cherokee differ from the Seminoles because they used legal means in their attempt to protect their territory where as the Seminoles used war and violence.