The Scots-Irish also wanted to distance themselves from the English Puritans and Quakers who considered them to be "savages. The explorations of Daniel Boone and opening of the "Wilderness Road" drew even more Scots-Irish to settle in the southern Appalachian valleys of the Backcountry. The Backcountry: - The Backcountry opened up still further between the years of and when additional peace treaties opened up lands in the Cumberland Plateau regions, north Georgia, north Alabama, the Tennessee Valley and the Great Smoky Mountains.
The last of these treaties culminated in the removal of the Five Civilised Tribes. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law in which authorized the negotiation of treaties to buy tribal lands in the east in exchange for lands further west, which ultimately led to the infamous Trail of Tears.
Between and the Cherokee Nation together with the Choctaw, Seminole, Creek and Chickasaw were forced from their homelands in the Backcountry to distant Indian reservations. Map of Appalachian mountains - the Backcountry.
Daniel Boone leading Scots-Irish settlers in the Backcountry. A journey in the back country. Comments are not published until reviewed by NCpedia editors at the State Library of NC , and the editors reserve the right to not publish any comment submitted that is considered inappropriate for this resource.
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