The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law‚ enacted in 1830‚ that forced Native American peoples east of Mississippi to move to lands in the west. Under this law‚ the federal government provided funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Native Americans to move westward. This law was very controversial and few people agreed with the enactment. Since the 1600s‚ white settlers’ attitudes towards Native Americans were one of two outlooks. Some favored the removal while others wished to convert
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it led to was the very well known Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of nearly 20‚000 Cherokee from their lands in Georgia and the Carolinas from 1838 to 1839. The discovery of gold in Cherokee land in Georgia was a man factor in the removal of the natives. Many natives undertook the journey to the new lands under severe distress. About 15‚000 Cherokee died of exposure and disease on the journey to the new land. The Trail of Tears is considered to be one of the most regrettable
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on wih the law‚ causing the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was the name given to the horrible event where Jackson force the Native Americans to travel during one of the worst winters to the other side of the Mississippi River. Jackson went against the constitution and around the verdict of the Supreme Court‚ so that he could get exactly what he wanted. Jackson was very unlike the presidents before him‚ by performing selfish deeds such as the Trail of Tears to get what he wanted. Another
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authorities. Native Americans were victims of many atrocities after the colonization of America‚ we’ll be discussing two situations that I personally believe can summarize the genocide against Native 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.
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who happened to be immigrants. The removal act was implemented in 1838 and 1839 by Andrew Jackson. After the Supreme Court ruling in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia(1832)‚ states had no authority over tribes‚ which later led to the trail of tears in 1938. The trail of tears forced the Cherokee Nation to give up all land east of the Mississippi River and migrate on to present day Oklahoma. The journey caused starvation and many other effects that killed over 4‚000 people. (Explain without opinion how the
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United States army. “The Trail of Tears was the most sorrowful legacy of the Jacksonian Era”‚ (ushistory.org n.d.). Over 4‚000 Cherokees died in 1838 and 1839 on their way to present-day Oklahoma‚ during Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal (The Trail of Tears 1942). Missionaries who had invested their time and money teaching Indians about Christianity were against the removal of the Indians‚ many of whom lobbied Congress to oppose the act (Kidwell n.d.). The Trail of Tears marked the movement of the Indians
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Academic Search Elite. Web. 2 December 2012. 2. Charles Hicks‚ Tsalagi (Cherokee) Vice Chief on the Trail of Tears‚ August 4‚ 1838. 3. Indian Removal Act Of 1830." Indian Removal Act Of 1830 (2009): 1. Academic Search Elite. Web. 15 November 2012. 4. “Indian Removal”. PBS‚ n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2012 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html>. 5. Jahoda‚ Gloria (1975). Trail of Tears: The Story of the American Indian Removal 1813-1855. 2 December 2012. 6. Jefferson‚ Thomas (1803). “President
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It is recorded as a time of despair for the indians that were sent away unfairly. The law told them to make it fair‚ voluntarily and peaceful‚ but President Jackson and the government ignored that. Jackson’s decision became known as the Trail of Tears‚ which was one of the
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Moss 1 Braden Moss Mr. Boyd 10/27/14 1st Period Indian Removal DBQ Ever since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was not the only viable decision Jackson had in view of the issues‚ but Jackson had many reasons why he thought the decision was valid even though the Supreme Court said it was
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Indian Removal Michelle True 10:30 mon‚wed‚fri classes 884352 Mr. Ale The Cherokee land stretched through the southern appellations‚ the land consisted of beautiful green mountains‚ filled with trees‚ tall rock mountains and lakes with high water falls. It was a land of which no other can compare to‚ “Ridge”‚ who was born in 1771‚ grew up in the Cherokee lands‚ said‚ “I would willingly die to preserve them.” (2:52). The Cherokee nation had constantly been
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