"I would sooner be honestly damned than hypocritically immortalized" Davy CrockettHis political career was destroyed because he supported the Cherokee, he left Washington D. C. and headed west to Texas In this short passage lesson, students will learn about why the Congress of the United States passed the "Indian Removal Act." Between 1790 and 1830 and how the population of Georgia increased six-fold. The western push of the settlers created a problem. Georgians continued to take American India