In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions
A) were ignored by President Jackson who declined to enforce the court decisions protecting Cherokee Indian lands under their treaty rights with the U.S. government.
B) invalidated sovereign Cherokee treaty rights with the U.S government, which protected their native lands in Georgia, and affirmed the legal rights of the state of Georgia to force the Cherokees to give up these Indian lands.
C) ended all forms of resistance and avoidance by the Cherokees to the government's forced resettlement plans.
D) rejected the legal view of government-recognized Indian tribes constituting independent, sovereign nations.
Answer: A
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