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may 28, 1830 - Indian Removal Act of 1830

Description:

- Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson
- "Trail of Tears" followed
- Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Native American lands within existing state borders
- Advanced colonialism

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Date:

may 28, 1830
Now
~ 196 years ago