The American Indian: 1609 to 1865 The Effects of the Removal on American Indian Tribes: Resistance and Removal “The utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians‚ their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent‚ and in their property‚ rights‚ liberty‚ they shall never be invaded or disturbed‚ unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress.” Northwest Ordinance‚ 13 July 1787 From the time‚ the first colonies were settled in America‚ relations
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approached a large Cherokee settlement located in Park Hill in which our group leader was friends with the Cherokee leader John Ross. Hearing about our “business” venture‚ Ross was eager to personally meet us as way of passing information with western states’ legislatures in regards to the Cherokee’s land ownership rights. Although he was a leader of the Cherokee Nation‚ he held himself with the air of a well-educated southern man with his European features and pale skin. Perhaps the Cherokee elected him
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we should let the Indians stay. The Indians also were treated so unfairly and became modernized like us. So let the Indians stay. First of all the Indians were here way before we came. According to the article “Allow the Cherokee to Stay” by Joan Marshall‚ it says‚ “The Cherokee lived in what is the now northern Georgia more than one hundred years before the Georgians arrived.” This quote is saying that the Indians had a great life before we came and ruined it for them. No one would ever give up
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eight siblings‚ mother‚ and war veteran father who died when houston was at the age of fourteen. Soon they moved to eastern Tennessee where for a while he worked at a general store‚ but he aspired to be so much more. In 1809 Houston left to join the cherokee‚ as a youth he pledged a lot of time and
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GKE Task 2 J. Dan Gibbs Western Governors University GKE Task 2 Significant Changes/World Leader Martin Luther was born on November 10‚ 1943. He held many positions‚ he was a monk‚ a Catholic priest and a professor. Two of his most significant social accomplishments were the challenging of the Catholic doctrine of that time and the translation of the New Testament into German and incorporating his own doctrine. During the time of Martin Luther the Catholic Church was teaching that
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During the early 19th century‚ Americans poured into the backcountry of the south and began to move toward and into what is now Alabama and Mississippi‚ due to the Homestead Act. This act provided 160 acres of free land to any settler willing to live on it and improve it for five years. (Pg.440) However‚ during these times Indian tribes lived there and they appeared to be the main obstacle to the westward expansion. White American settlers petitioned to the federal government to remove the Native
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Imagine living in a place filled with nothing‚ just pure emptiness. People in America say some regions are boring compared to others. Luckily‚ I have evidence of which regions are the best. I will carefully go through each region I hand-picked. People should be considerate about these regions because of their astonishing environments‚ unique culture‚ and various indigenous groups. The first region would be the Southeast. The Southeast contain states such as: Kentucky‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina
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thought it was better to agree to leave in exchange for the money and other concessions. It was in 1835 that a few self-appointed representatives for the Cherokee nation negotiated the Treaty of Echota. This treaty traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for $5 million‚ relocated assistance and compensation for lost property. Many of the Cherokee people felt betrayed but to the United States government‚ it was a done deal; which is understandable because the negotiators did not represent the tribal
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covered with forests and ranged by a few savages to our extensive republic” (Calloway 268). Where Jefferson had some measure of civility Jackson had none. Jackson wanted the Indians removed from their lands east of the Mississippi‚ especially the Cherokee‚ and he used the force of the American government to that
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Equality… for all or for some? In 1830‚ all of the Indians except for some of the Cherokee signed the Treaty of New Etocha. This treaty‚ was between a small group of Cherokee and the U.S. government where they agreed to leave. Most of the Cherokee refused to leave their land. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 should not be justified because the Americans and Indians have an abysmal‚ the americans gave the Indians bad land‚ and the Indians were there first. First‚ the Americans and Indians have an
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