The primary reason for the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was that the white settlers of this country discovered gold in the northern part of Georgia and became hungry for more land. This brought about a gold rush to most of the state and gave president Jackson a reason to push the Indians out of the area in order for more white Americans could come to Georgia (A Brief Histroy). President Jackson also felt a need to protect the United states from threats on the inside of our country in reference he
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Indians‚ was Andrew Jackson. When Jackson became president he passed the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal was an unfair law towards the Indians that did not allow them their rights and was forced on them‚ some people were against it‚ most Indians were‚ and a rare few white people. It began the Trail of Tears‚ a sad time with many deaths for the Indians. On May 28th‚ 1830. President Andrew Jackson got the “Indian Removal Act” passed through both houses in Congress. In this act‚ it called for all
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Two Illegal Treaties 5. Betrayal and a Forced March The Cherokee are Native Americans. Long before the English colonists arrived‚ they lived in part of the region that became Georgia. Andrew Jackson became president in 1829. That same year‚ gold was discovered in Georgia. Settlers already wanted the Cherokee lands in Georgia. In 1830‚ Jackson signed into law Congress’s Indian Removal Act. According to this law‚ the president
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On August 1838‚ the journey of Cherokees began in what was known to history as the Trail of Tears. The Trail of tears involved thirteen parties of the Cherokee being forced by U.S. army troop under Andrew Jackson presidency to leave their residence in the southeast and migrate to the west. The discovery of gold in northern Georgia in 1828 and compulsion for the accessibility of more land to settle the growing white population contributed to more local delirium for the Indian dismissal. With the Election
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There were many events that led up to the removal of the Eastern Cherokee in the early-to-mid 19th century. However‚ it all really begins in 1830. Major Ridge was discussing treaties regarding selling land to the U.S. Government. The Cherokee believed that lived in their own sanctuary‚ their paradise‚ and that their ancestors had always lived here. Major Ridge felt if he could die to preserve his people land’s he would gladly do so. The Cherokee picked the wrong side during the American Revolution
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deaths for the Cherokees alone‚ which were the largest of the Indian tribes and‚ thus‚ one of the most affected by the Trail of Tears (Perdue and Green 139). The Trail of Tears‚ therefore‚ was just as much of a political and emotional plight for the Cherokee and other Indian tribes as it was a physical one‚ especially in terms of the sheer body count‚ in addition to being forced from their homes. However‚ while the decision to relocate the Indians was a difficult and unfortunate one‚ it was not‚ necessarily
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was because they were deemed fit by God that they justified their removal of Native tribes. Around this same time period President Andrew Jackson ordered the mass removal of Natives from their land‚ in what would be known as the Trail of Tears‚ many however never made it to their destination and those who did were put on reservations. Despite their best efforts to remain their own sovereign nation‚ before Jackson’s removal‚ the Cherokee‚ had already ceded countless tribal lands for money they never
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One of the many controversial issues of the early nineteenth century was the removal of the numerous indian tribes from there native land. Andrew jackson‚ "A former frontiersman and Indian fighter‚" was a major catalyst in the removal of the Native Americans. Perhaps in response to the controversy surrounding Jackson’s actions concerning the removal of the Indian‚ and obviously to justify his and the United States’ conduct towards the Native American people‚ jackson delivered
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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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the military force that defeated the Creek nation. In the Creek nation’s defeat‚ the Creeks “lost 22 million acres of land in southern Georgia and central Alabama” (PBS‚ Indian Removal). Andrew Jackson championed the malicious and imperial “Indian Removal Act” through both of the houses of Congress in 1830. The Indian Removal Act permitted President Andrew Jackson to “disavow earlier treaty commitments and force the 74‚000 Indians remaining in the East and the South to move to federal lands west of
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