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    The Lower Mississippian Valley underwent a dramatic change over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries. Land that was once only inhabited by Native Americans began opening its doors to European explorers and traders. The Europeans brought along with them African slaves. The relationship between these three groups‚ the Native Americans‚ Europeans‚ and African slaves completely changed the demographics and culture of the area and created a lively trading system that provided supplies throughout

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    I am sure many have heard about historical changes such as “Jay’s Treaty”‚ “The Whiskey Rebellion”‚ and “Pinckney’s Treaty”. They are taught to children as young as Eight years old. These three were major parts in Domestic Politics in the 18th century. In 1793‚ the British government violated international law by ordering naval commanders to begin seizing any American ship that carried French goods or was sailing for a French port. By 1794‚ several Hundred American ships were confiscated. Choices

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    treaty did not force the indians to move off their land‚ it allowed the president to negotiate with the indians and make them relocate. In September of eighteen thirty the first Native American tribe to voluntarily sign the removal treaty was the Choctaws. Although the government kept there promise of relocating the indians to a different section of land‚ they often abused their right. When relocating‚ the government would choose lands that were not suitable for the indians needs like hunting‚ fishing

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    conversations (lines were often tapped). Native Americans provided a valid solution‚ even though speaking Indian languages was not encouraged in the United States. One of the regiments used Choctaw officers to convey messages in Choctaw concerning troop movements and other sensitive operations. In doing so a special Choctaw vocabulary was developed for military words. In 1919‚ Congress approved an Act which convened citizenship for all Indians who served in the military and in naval bases during World War

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    Americans; The Trail of Tears and the Massacre of Sand Creek. The Trail of Tears is the forced relocation of Native Americans after the Indian Removal Act was signed by the President Andrew Jackson in 1830. Cherokee‚ Muscogee‚ Chickasaw‚ Seminole‚ and Choctaw tribes were removed into Indian Territory. Of course‚ they were not treated well while relocating; they suffered starvation and diseases which lead to the death of many Native Americans. In addition to relocating‚ they also suffered massacres like

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    Act of 1830. As Georgia tried to reclaim this land‚ the Cherokee protested and took their case to the U.S Supreme Court‚ known as Worcester vs. Georgia. The act was instituted to authorize the Native Americans to move west. Native tribes included Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ and Seminole. While some tribes agreed to move west‚ many refused. The Native Americans resisted with great force as well as the Cherokee Indians being a significant part of the disagreement with the Supreme Court

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    Indians lived in different way and had different cultures that depended on the climate and their surroundings however the way of life of Native American was based on cooperation to keep their society together their spiritual beliefs were quite different from these of the new settlers on the Great Plains. (BBB1) The native American were not one people but many tribes the most famous tribes were the ache ;Sioux ;black feet and Cheyenne each one led by its own council of elders their government

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    DBQ During the 1800s‚ the United States more than tripled in size‚ covering the entire width of the continent. Throughout this period‚ they united states acquired land through several different methods including the Louisiana purchase of 1803‚ the war of 1812‚ the trail of tears‚ the Mexican cession‚ and the compromise of 1850. Each of which came with its own group of supporters and opponents with different reasons of why or why not. However‚ every debate ultimately led to the United States government’s

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    relationship of her life. Belle was also rumored to have been with Bluford “Blue” Duck who was an outlaw‚ Jim French‚ Jack Spaniard‚ Cole Younger a confederate guerrilla; member of the James-Younger gang and Jim July(Jim Starr). Belle was living in the Choctaw Nation‚ near the Canadian River‚ an unknown assassin killed her from ambush with a shotgun. Although many killers have been suggested‚ two men remain the primary suspects in the murder. One‚ Edgar Watson‚ could have killed her for threatening to turn

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    Exploitation has been a realm by which races throughout history have been affected. Blacks remain the foundation by which other races compare themselves to‚ the non-model minority. Such oppression of blacks in order to uplift the indigenous race was a form of relationality used in Klopotek’s piece Dangerous Decolonizing. In The Case for Reparations‚ Coates demonstrates how blacks were subordinated by European whites through the use of home owning. As a result of this‚ upward mobility for blacks has

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