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    The Indian Removal act of 1830 was in short; an act made law by Andrew Jackson relocating many Native American tribes west of the Mississippi river to unsettled lands. This would open up safer territory for those looking to colonize further west than the original thirteen colonies. Here are four men’s messages regarding the act that gives further insight into it all. Andrew Jackson’s Second Annual Message was a paper addressed to Congress in which he spoke about the good of The Indian Removal Act

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    Trail Of Tears Analysis

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    injustices that the Native Americans endured during the Trail of Tears very little attention has been given to why the people of that time would allow this forced removal to take place. This paper will analyze the immoral‚ unconstitutional and illegal engagements that took place during the development of President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy as well as the actions instigating the trail of trails and the devastating

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    John G. Burnett

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    Effect of Removal of the Cherokees By John G. Burnett During Andrew Jackson’s presidency from 1829 to 1837‚ a lot of controversial decisions were made. The removal of Cherokee Indians in the 1830’s was one‚ and this was more a change of the national policy than a reformulation. Since the Spanish came to the New World from the 1500’s‚ the continent’s inhabitants- Indians‚ were there. Beginning from the Washington government in the 1790’s‚ the policy United States used to administrate the Indians was

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    declaring the Indian removal act of 1830. The Indian removal act of 1830 was an addition to the governments policy called Indian removal. The Indian removal policy was put into law by President Andrew Jaackson. The law was embraced by the south because they were anxious to obtain the land occupied by the Native Americans. Georgia was the most excited about the new law because of a ongoing dispute with the Cherokee nation. This was a very controversial law because the law stated that the Indians were suppose

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    homes in the Southeast and move to the new Indian Territory defined as west of Arkansas in present-day Oklahoma. In the year 1839‚ 16‚001 Native Americans were marched over 1‚200 miles of land.Over 4‚000 of these Indians died from disease‚ famine‚and warfare.The Indians tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this Trail of Tears.This was one of the most racist and brutal events to happen in America.The Trail of Tear .In 1840 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act because the metal

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    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 abysmal. They have an

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    written in history later on. The Chickasaw‚ a Native American tribe that first originated from Mississippi‚ was part many of many other tribes that suffered from the Indian Removal Act in 1830. President Jackson‚ demonstrated who his true colors were after he made the Chickasaw among four other groups walk in the middle of the winter into “Indian Territory”‚ also known as Oklahoma‚ “The United States promised to resume annuity payments and that the Chickasaw Nation would never become part of a new state

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    that happened in the 1830’s. Indian tribes were forced off of their land and they were involuntarily relocated to what is now Oklahoma. There was fear and resentment among the white settlers when it came to their Native American adversaries. They were a different kind of people than the whites when it came to how they lived‚ spoke‚ dressed and as well as their religious beliefs. This unfamiliarity with them led to the settlers believing that they were better than the indians and that they should leave

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    INDIAN ARMY (IA‚ Bhāratīya Thalasēnā) Introduction : The Indian Army (IA‚ Bhāratīya Thalasēnā) is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Army came into being when India gained independence in 1947‚ and inherited most of the infrastructure of the British Indian Army that were located in post-partition India. Since independence‚ the army has been involved in four wars

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    that among these are life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Declaration of Independance. The Indian removal act and the treaty of New Echota both violate that statement in the declaration of independance. John Marshall in the Worcester v.s. Georgia ruling states that my people and I are guaranteed these rights. “Congress has passed acts to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indians; which treat them as nations‚ respect their rights‚ and manifest a firm purpose to afford that protection

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