"We wish to remain on the land of our fathers. We have a perfect and original right to remain without interruption or molestation. The treaties with us, and laws of the United States made in pursuance of treaties, guaranty our residence and our privileges, and secure us against intruders." — Cherokee Nation Memorial to Congress, 1830
The authors of this memorial most likely intended it to influence which immediate decision?
- Acheck_circle
Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act
- B
Adoption of the Missouri Compromise
- C
Ratification of the Treaty of Ghent
- D
Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison
Explanation
The 1830 memorial directly opposed Jackson's Indian Removal Act then before Congress. Ghent (1814), Marbury (1803), and the Missouri Compromise (1820) predated it.