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During the British and French fight for power of colonial North America, the Cherokee commonly joined with the British, and in the American Revolution the tribe helped Great Britain. They discussed a peace treaty with the United States in 1785, but CherokeeÇs challenge lasted for a decade after that. A new treaty reconfirmed the previous one in 1791. Part of Cherokee land was surrendered to the United States, and the unending rights of the tribe to the remaining land were set up. Several thousand of the tribe traveled west of the Mississippi turn into what is now known as the Western Band, between 1790 and 1819.

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You can read the complete timeline of history of the Cherokee Constitution at
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