United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Boulware, Tyler2009-01-20Encyclopedia article about Cherokee Indians in Georgia. The Cherokees, one of the most populous Indian societies in the Southeast during the eighteenth century, played a key role in Georgia's early history. They were close allies of the British for much of the eighteenth century. During the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and American Revolution (1775-83), a breakdown in relations with the British and then the Americans led to repeated invasions of the Cherokee homeland. The post-revolutionary era witnessed remarkable Cherokee efforts to cope with land encroachments and territorial loss, and to succeed at nation-building. Increased expansion by the United States in the nineteenth century ultimately resulted in the forced removal of most Cherokee peoples to a region west of the Mississippi River.GSE identifier: SS8H1, SS8H4, SS2H2, SS2H1text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Cherokee Indians--Georgia--HistoryTrail of Tears, 1838-1839Indians of North America--GeorgiaCherokee Indians--RelocationIndian Removal, 1813-1903Cherokee IndiansText