| A | B |
|---|
| New Echota | Cherokee capital |
| fertile land | reason the whites wanted the Creeks' land |
| mico | Creek chief |
| north Alabama | where the Upper Creeks lived |
| Oklahoma | where most of the Creeks and Cherokees lived |
| Lower Creeks | supported the U.S. during the War of 1812 |
| Georgia | Cherokees occupied more land in this state than in any other. |
| land | what European settlers were looking for in America |
| Seminoles | part of the Lower Creeks |
| Trail of Tears | involved the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia |
| Muscogees | another name for the Creeks |
| Cherokees | tribe that was the most influenced by the white man |
| an Indian belief | Land could be used but never owned. |
| Worcester v. Georgia | said that Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation and the missionaries should be freed |
| gold | The discovery of this guaranteed the removal of the Cherokee. |
| Andrew Jackson | refused to help the Cherokees stay in Georgia |
| Dahlonega, Georgia | where a gold rush occurred in 1829 |
| syllabary | Cherokee alphabet |
| British government | protected the Indian lands in Georgia during the colonial period |
| Cherokee Phoenix | Cherokee newspaper |
| Five Civilized Tribes | Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles |
| Elias Boudinot | first editor of the Cherokee newspaper |
| George Guess | developed a written form of the Cherokee language |
| John Marshall | chief justice of the Supreme Court |
| Alexander McGillivray | Creek chief who fought for Creek land |
| Andrew Jackson | U.S. general and president |
| William McIntosh | Creek chief who was bribed to sign a treaty giving up all Creek lands |
| Major Ridge | Cherokee chief who was in favor of removal from Georgia |
| John Ross | Cherokee chief who was NOT in favor of removal from Georgia |
| Winfield Scott | U.S. army general who was ordered to remove the Cherokees |
| George Troup | governor of Georgia who wanted the Indians removed |
