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    they were promised land‚ they would not get any of that land and so it left the whites to take the land for their uses. As they were forced to travel to the west‚ this is where they experienced a tremendous amount of losses. One movement called the Trail of Tears just shows that the Native Americans couldn’t even make it to where they were supposed to

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    to the Indians during the Indian removals. The Indian Removal Act gave the government enough power to seize the Indian’s land and move them west. The removals were meant to be peaceful and fair. They were also supposed to be done voluntarily (“Trail”). Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act on May 28‚ 1830. The Indian Removal Act affected many American Indian Tribes. After Andrew Jackson became president the Indian Removal Act was passed. The act was passed so the Americans could get

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    A Walk in the Woods

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    it’s about greediness‚ loss‚ etc. This book‚ A Walk in the Woods‚ is about preparation‚ perseverance‚ and helping the environment. It’s mostly about the conservation and raising global awareness. It’s about two men who decided to hike the Appalachian Trail and while on it‚ discovered a lot of things‚ like the fact that they were both seriously out of shape. Preparation: it is definitely needed when going on a big excursion like the AT. You need to have just your essentials‚ like food and cooking utensils

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    About 200 people hike the Appalachian Trail every year; blind men‚ old men‚ fat men‚ young men‚ American men‚ foreign men‚ and women. However‚ each experience brings a new flavor‚ not because the hikers had different experiences‚ but because each tells the experience through a different lens: the lens of style and personality. In his hilarious book‚ A Walk In the Woods‚ Bill Bryson narrates his adventures as he challenged himself to hike the Appalachian Trail with his long lost friend a Stephen Katz

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    land. The trail that was used to move west became known as the Oregon Trail. The trail was over 2‚000 miles long. The trail was more used during 1840-1860.Over 500‚000 emigrants used the Oregon Trail. It took 4-6 months to travel the trail. Fur trapper would travel on horses or by foot.. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were one of the first settlers. They decided to make the path accessible for everyone. Years later‚ Marcus guided over 1‚000 people‚ the first largest group to travel on the trail. Many people

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    Cherokees’ experience that the Trail of Tears were presented‚ yet the difficulties that these Native Americans faced were misconstrued throughout the Trail of Tears site. Andrew Jackson’s pledge to forcibly move the Native Americans to a location west of the Mississippi River resulted in the Indian Removal Act in 1830. One of the largest tragedies in history‚ this act of relocating tribes such as the Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole‚ and Choctaw is known as the Trail of Tears. These tribes passed

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    and Tragedy Woman ’s voices from the Oregon Trail‚ 1999) June 15‚ 1848 It’s been a long time since I have been able to write because of the overwhelming chores‚ the rain‚ and of course the sickness we have all finally overcome. We are camped in front of Chimney Rock. We will stay here for only 3 days and then we are off on our trail. My husband says we shouldn’t stay any longer to keep distance from the violent Indians that want to run us out of our trail to prosper. There have been many fights between

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    | Dean Kuhlman | Research Paper HI-315VC | | | | | | | Kit Carson is best known for his role in the expansion of the West as a trapper‚ explorer‚ scout and American soldier. Carson not only spent time carving the path to the west‚ he defended it in battle as an officer in the U.S. Army. One of the most famous mountain men of the Westward movement‚ Carson has had several landmarks‚ cities‚ and areas named after him. Among these are Carson‚ Colorado‚ Carson City‚ Nevada

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    disasters imagined and real. {THESIS STATEMENT:?}Disease was a major part of American life‚ and while it affected life on the overland trails

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    In 1838 and 1839 Andrew Jackson from Tennessee was forceful on Indian Removal‚ and from 1814 to 1824 jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of 11 treaties‚ which had devastated the southern tribes of their eastern lands in the west. So the Cherokee indians were tired of it so they went to the supreme court. The n in 1830 Jackson pushed a whole new piece of legislation called the “Indian Removal Act”. Jackson’s attitude towards the Native Americans came off as rude because he did not like

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