Jackson Signs Removal Act: The Trail of Tears Begins
President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, compelling Native American nations to abandon ancestral lands and march westward. This legislation triggered the Trail of Tears, a forced displacement that killed thousands through disease, starvation, and exposure.
May 26, 1830
196 years ago
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