European American settlers from those lands north of the Ohio. Four hundred settlers were killed in the Fort Mims massacre. In the resulting Creek War‚ Jackson commanded the American forces‚ which included Tennessee militia‚ U.S. regulars‚ and Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ and Lower Creek warriors. Jackson served in the military again during the First Seminole War. He was ordered by President James Monroe in December 1817 to lead a campaign in Georgia against the Seminole and Creek Indians. In January 1835‚ Jackson
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the Black community produced a tremendously prosperous Black business district that was admired and envied by the whole country. Oklahoma’s first African-American settlers were Indian slaves of the so-called "Five Civilized Tribes": Chickasaws‚ Choctaws‚ Cherokees‚ Creeks‚ and Seminoles. These tribes were forced to leave the Southeastern United States and resettle in Oklahoma in mid-winter over the infamous "Trail of Tears." After the Civil War‚ U.S.-Indian treaties provided for slave liberation
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AP US HISTORY- MIDTERM REVIEW GUIDE Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Mr. Cruz Shaping North America > 10 million years ago: Mountains formed in North America (Rockies‚ Sierra Nevada‚ Cascades‚ and Appalachians). > 2 million years ago: Ice Age in North America‚ and glaciers shaped the continent. > 35‚000 years ago: Land bridge created between Eurasia and North America. > 10‚000 years ago: Sea level rose and America was separated from Eurasia again. The People of the Americas
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Traveling into the Indian Territory‚ we were being angrily chased down by three Indians furiously shouting at us. Dashing through the thick forest‚ the savage Indians were throwing spears and shooting arrows that narrowly missed us. Although neither Gideon nor I was mortally injured‚ I did suffer from a nick from an arrow piercing near my ear. Thankfully‚ a group of burly fur traders approached from the side‚ which frightened the Indians to run away. Acknowledging that Gideon and I were inexperienced
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False American Ideals As many call the Indian Holocaust‚ the poor treatment of Indians in America existed the minute Europeans stepped foot on their land. In 1492‚ Columbus arrived in the New World only to find that it was already inhabited. Still‚ the Europeans murdered‚ enslaved‚ and relocated the Native Americans westward. Still‚ hundreds of years later in the 1800’s‚ this indigent treatment of Native Americans still existed. By examining the events: the Cherokee Nation in court‚ the Trail of
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The Cherokee Indians are members of an important tribe of North American indians whose first known center was in the southern parts of North America. Currently there are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina‚ the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma‚ and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians‚ also in Oklahoma. Location The Cherokee Indians had many Native American villages spread along the Tennessee River which runs through the Appalachian
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Sam Fathers is “the son of Ikkemotubbe‚ the Choctaw chief‚ and a slave-girl.”(Plot summary) Therefore‚ “he is the descendent of both chiefs and slaves” (Plot summary) where he represents an aspect of humans and his willingness role he is given in society. (Anna) However‚ Sam and his mother were sold
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The Trial of Tears was when the Native Americans in the Southast were forcibly removed from Georgia. They were made to march from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma. It was caused by multiple people and events‚ but there were also people who tried to stop this tragic event. Gold was discovered near Cherokee territory in 1828. Thousands of white miners wanted this land for the gold and began to settle there without permission. Whites started to demand the government to remove the Native Americans
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Jake Nelson AP US History Essay #4 The French and Indian War‚ a colonial manifestation of the same forces and tensions that erupted in the European Seven Years’ War‚ was‚ quite simply‚ a war about expansionism. The French and the English were competing for land and trading privileges in North America; which lead to land dispute‚ particularly the Ohio Valley. Each nation saw this territory necessary to seize to increase its own power and wealth while limiting the strength of its rival. Although
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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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