In the Case of Donald Marshall where he was charged for fishing offseason‚ which went against new regulations that the government has been trying to put into place. Marshall had claimed that “the right to fish on a Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed in 1760-1761 between the British Crown and the Mi’kmaq of what are now the provinces of Nova Scotia‚ New Brunswick‚ Prince Edward Island‚ and Quebec” (McGaw‚ 1)‚ Marshall had the right to fish and hunt offseason due to the fact that his ancestors
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Another interesting tribe was the Shawnee. Linguistically Algonquian and known as the ’people from the south‚’ the Shawnee were tall and muscular‚ with coarse features and exceptionally prominent cheekbones. They were diligent cultivators of the soil until expulsion from Kentucky and North Carolina forced them to lead a wandering existence. Permitted by the Delaware and Iroquois to enter Pennsylvania‚ they settled on the flats below Philadelphia‚ in the forks of the Delaware as far north as the Minisink
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The author James C. Curtis wrote “Andrew Jackson and the Search for Vindication” to introduce us the founder of a national party system‚ creator of a strong presidency‚ and champion of the common man. Despite the critics from the people‚ Andrew Jackson proved himself to be a good politician. The book begins with a return of spring that brought peace to the New Orland’s people after two years of dreaded attacks from the British. The book ends with the death of Andrew Jackson and the vindication it
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In the 18th century‚ the U.S. military made over 100‚000 Native Americans who lived in the Southwestern United States move to what they had called Indian Territory. Many of them walked this journey‚ they did not have enough food or water and there were many illnesses going around which caused people to become sick and then die. Eventually‚ this awful journey was called the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson‚ who was the president at the time was the one who porpent the removal of Indians. In 1814
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One of the original 13 colonies‚ Pennsylvania was named and founded by William Penn as a place to go for his friends. Philadelphia combined the Greek words for love (phileo) and brother (adelphos)‚ engendering its nickname of “the city of brotherly love.” .Pennsylvania’s capital‚ Philadelphia‚ was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775 .Now the largest city in Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital from 1790 until a permanent capital was established
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“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American‚ the Indian‚ was an inferior race…From the sixteenth century forward‚ blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy. We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population.”-Martin Luther King Jr. In this quote‚ King is referring to the policy that the United States encompassed to take hold of the land pertaining to the Native Americans‚ The Indian Removal
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The Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 was established to hear any claims of the Indian tribes against the federal government for the unfair treatments. The federal government tried to utilize this act to deal with the long period of resentment of Indians as a reward for their contributions in the World War II. Hundreds of petitions from the Indians were submitted under this act. This act was positive to the Indians and the federal government has spend over 800 million dollars in dealing with these
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During the late 19th century Americans wanted to expand their land for the greater or their people. Little did they know their impact on the natives that occupied the west. The amount of land taken from them was so exponential that if it hadn’t happened we wouldn’t be where we are today(doc 1).Although there were reservations for the native americans‚ they used cruel methods to for them out of their land. Some examples of these are forcing them out or if they resisted they would have a battle. Other
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Davy Crockett David Crockett was living on the nolichucky river in East Tennessee and was born in 1786 to a pioneer family.David Crockett had five siblings that had followed Their pedants too.David family followed the patterns of western settlement.Than later on when David had a family of his own‚David Crockett continued the westward movement until he settled in northwest Tennessee.In 1813‚following a massacre by the creek warrior in southwest Alabama‚Crockett enlisted in the Tennessee
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“What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousands savages to our extensive republic..."(http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1157726) Andrew Jackson did not like Native Americans‚ likening them to savages. Jackson disliked Native American’s so much that he made a plan to move them off valuable land. Jackson did more than just the move Native Americans using the Indian removal act‚ he also started the Nullification Crisis and Fore act. Andrew Jackson had also inspired
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