government agents chosen to arrange the removal‚ but the events as they actually transpired ran totally opposite to what he expected and promised. Jackson’s policy nearly destroyed many Native American lives they lost everything like in the road of tears. The president had said that the Indians were correct and could stay but Jackson said u could stay but u will be killed and that ruined many lives it ruined their culture‚ Language and customs. Jackson quoted that if the Indians stayed they would “disappear
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Chapter 1 Augustine and his friends are doing bad stuff‚ running through fields‚ and taking people’s fruit. He and his best friend Alypius get caught behind and have to hide out. Then‚ they meet up with the others at the center of town they called the Hollow. Here‚ Augustine told his story he had with a lady‚ who had a husband. Then an argument occurred. Chapter 2 Augustine’s parents‚ Monica and Patricius‚ talk about sending their son away. While talking‚ they realize that Augustine has become
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Act was not justified because the U.S. Government (President Jackson)‚ lied to the Cherokee people about what they promised‚ President Jackson took away the Cherokee’s rights and the Cherokees had a lot of hardships while they walked the Trail of Tears. The Indian Removal Act was not fair for anyone and shouldn’t have been created in the first place. So many people lost their lives and their rights so it was not justified. President Jackson lied harshly to the Cherokees about what they were promised
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Indians if he got elected as president because the white people wanted the land the Indians were living on. The Supreme Court said that the Indians can stay‚ but Jackson ignored them. He forced them to leave‚ but some didn’t‚ so that is how the trail of tears started. In document G‚ on July 11‚ 1832‚ James Mooney‚ wrote a paper in it he quoted a Georgia volunteer during the removal states‚ “I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands‚ but the Cherokee removal
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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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coercion and manipulation by government officials who forced them to give up their land. Tens of thousands of Native Americans‚ most notably members of the Cherokee Nation‚ were forcibly removed and marched to regions like Oklahoma in the Trail of Tears in the 1830s‚ and many died along the way. Under the Indian Removal
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Cause and effect John G. Burnett English 101 A03 February 20 2011 Analysis Essay/Cause and 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
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second bank of America causing horrifying economic problems‚ and he owned many slaves. In 1839‚ Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans to leave their homeland for his own benefits. They had to make a treacherous trip later named by them “The Trail of Tears”. The Native Americans lived peacefully in the homeland to the West. However‚ their land was wanted
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The removal of American Indian tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is now the state of Oklahoma is one of the tragic episodes in American history. Early treaties signed by American agents and representatives of Indian tribes guaranteed peace and the integrity of Indian territories‚ primarily to assure that the lucrative fur trade would continue without interruption. American settlers’ hunger for Indian land‚ however‚ led to violent conflict in many cases‚ and succeeding treaties
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Andrew Jackson a hero? Yes‚ no‚ maybe so Andrew Jackson was neither a hero nor a villain‚ but still deserves to be on the 20 dollar bill. Although Andrew Jackson did many things that made him a hero‚ he also did things that would question that. He can be known as an American hero for leading America in defeating the British at Battle at New Orleans and can also be known as a villain for passing the Indian Removal Act. Jackson’s strong leadership in being a general and president still gives him
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