<Table> Trail of Tears <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The Trail of Tears memorial monuments at the New Echota Historic Site in New Echota , Georgia , which honors the 4,000 Cherokees who died on the Trail of Tears </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1831 -- 1850 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Southeastern United States and Indian Territory , present - day Oklahoma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Participants </Th> <Td> U.S. Government , U.S. Army , state militias , Five Civilized Tribes of Cherokee , Muscogee , Seminole , Chickasaw , and Choctaw nations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Outcome </Th> <Td> The forced relocation of most of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 signed by U.S. president Andrew Jackson clearing former Native American lands for white settlement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Td> <P> Cherokee ( 4,000 ) Creek Seminole ( 3,000 in Second Seminole War -- 1835 -- 1842 ) Chickasaw ( 3,500 ) </P> Choctaw ( 2,500 -- 6,000 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> Trail of Tears <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The Trail of Tears memorial monuments at the New Echota Historic Site in New Echota , Georgia , which honors the 4,000 Cherokees who died on the Trail of Tears </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1831 -- 1850 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Southeastern United States and Indian Territory , present - day Oklahoma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Participants </Th> <Td> U.S. Government , U.S. Army , state militias , Five Civilized Tribes of Cherokee , Muscogee , Seminole , Chickasaw , and Choctaw nations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Outcome </Th> <Td> The forced relocation of most of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory under the Indian Removal Act of 1830 signed by U.S. president Andrew Jackson clearing former Native American lands for white settlement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Td> <P> Cherokee ( 4,000 ) Creek Seminole ( 3,000 in Second Seminole War -- 1835 -- 1842 ) Chickasaw ( 3,500 ) </P> Choctaw ( 2,500 -- 6,000 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
where did the trail of tears finally end
where did the trail of tears finally end
Indian Territory , present - day Oklahoma
Indian Territory , present - day Oklahoma