Essay On The Indian Removal Act

The Native Americans fought in court to stay on their land and even though they won President Jackson still forced them to leave. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because white settlers didn’t want to live with the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson’s reasons for defending the Indian Removal Act were fraudulent and in the eyes of the Native Americans would be unfair and irrelevant. A few reasons would be the Trail of Tears, the Five Civilized Tribes, and the fact that the Cherokee Nation went to court.
There were Five Civilized Tribes, the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole. The Five Civilized Tribes started to take on the culture of their white neighbors, in the early 1800s. The fact that those five tribes were beginning to learn the culture of the settlers confirms that the Native American people can be assimilated, which is the complete opposite of what Andrew Jackson quarreled. The Five Civilized Tribes were taking on the culture of the settlers but were accused of not being able to assimilate.
The Cherokee Nation fought the Indian Removal Act in court. In Removal of Native Americans it states, “The Cherokee Nation, however, fought the Indian Removal Act in court. Chief Justice Marshall ruled in their favor.” Chief Justice Marshall ruled that the
In Removal of Native Americans it reveals, “When they reached their final destination, the Cherokee ended up on land far inferior to that which they had been forced to leave.” This means that this new land is a lot lower, in ranking, than their land before which will make it harder for them to maintain their way of life. Therefore, Jackson’s statement that moving the Native Americans to the west would allow them to maintain their way of life would be incorrect because with the new “inferior” land the Natives will have a dilemma with