The trail of tears was one of the harshest punishments that the Native American population have faced. The trail of tears had many causes however the event it self took place in 1838 when General Winfield Scott rounded up as many Cherokee Indians as he could and forced them to walk to Oklahoma. The reasoning behind the naming of this event is due to the number of casualties due to disease and exposure to disease during this historical event. There were numerous people which led to the event such
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The Relations between Native Americans and Colonists There are many reasons Native Americans and European Colonists did not have a good relationship. The reason for conflict between Colonist and Indians was due to the Colonists insatiable greed for power and land. Some of the reasons not only included physical mistreatment but also an ethical mistreatment of the Native Americans. European Colonists not only brought with them many different diseases that would later aid in the genocide of many
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because the belief allowed for the removed of the Cherokee Indians from their land in Georgia and the annexation of Texas from Mexico which led to explicit forms of racism presented throughout the Civil War. In the first place‚ conversations about race were implicit in Manifest Destiny because the belief allowed for the removal of the Cherokee Indians from their land in Georgia. In their‚ Memorial of the Cherokee Nation‚ the
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Native Americans still existed. By examining the events: the Cherokee Nation in court‚ the Trail of Tears‚ and the Seminole Wars; it can be concluded that there is a false sense of constitutional government‚ equality‚ and opportunity for Native Americans. Americans’ treatment of the Cherokee tribe in the 1820’s and 30’s shows that a constitutional government is meaningless when it does not enforce its decisions and laws. The Cherokee Nation in the 1820’s had lost many of its land to angry
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tragic event. Gold was discovered near Cherokee territory in 1828. Thousands of white miners wanted this land for the gold and began to settle there without permission. Whites started to demand the government to remove the Native Americans‚ so later on they were taken out by the United States Army. This was the beginning of the removal of the Cherokee. In 1832‚ Mr. Worcester‚ a man living with the Cherokee‚ stated that his family’s mandatory removal was denying his constitutional rights‚ and
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that‚ "The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790s than a change in that policy‚" is valid. Every since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. Many people wanted to contribute to this removal of the Cherokees and their society. Knox proposed a "civilization"
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The indian removal act began in may 28‚1830 once president andrew jackson signed the treaty The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands.of course the indians rejected so they had to remove them by force and the younger indian girls would be put in camps to be white washed civilians‚ a few tribes decided to move peacefully but many others resisted their law and ended
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Andrew Jackson‚ The "Sharp Knife" When we look back into history‚ we are now able to fully comprehend the atrocities the Indians faced at the hands of the historic general and President‚ Andrew Jackson. It can be seen as one of the most shameful and unjust series of political actions taken by an American government. However‚ as an American living almost 200 years later‚ it is crucial to look at the motives possessed by Andrew Jackson‚ and ask whether he fully comprehended the repercussions
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I have two cultural background which are Cherokee Indian and African American . Cherokee is really pronounced as “CHAIR-uh-kee” in our language. Cherokee comes from a Muskogee word meaning ‘speakers of another language’. Cherokee Indians originally called themselves Aniyunwiya “the principal people‚” but today they accept the named Cherokee. But in their language it is pronounced Tsadagi . The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region‚ particularly Georgia‚ North and South
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In 1819 Georgia appealed to the U.S. government to remove the Cherokee from Georgia lands. When the appeal failed‚ attempts were made to purchase the territory. Meanwhile‚ in 1820 the Cherokee established a governmental system modeled on that of the United States‚ with an elected principal chief‚ a senate‚ and a house of representatives. Because of this system‚ the Cherokee were included as one of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes. The
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