Worcester v. Georgia is a legal case that was appealed to the Supreme Court that took place in 1832. Worcester and other missionaries were living on Cherokee land. The Georgia government did not like this so they passed a
law stating that it was illegal to live on Cherokee land without permission from the state government. Worcester and others ignored this and were arrested multiple times and sent to prison. They appealed their conviction to the Supreme Court and the Court stated that because the Cherokee were their own nation, they had their own political system and therefore the laws of Georgia did not apply on their land. This was important because Andrew Jackson the President at the time ignored the Supreme Court’s decision and impacted the Indian Removal Act. |
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