Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. For example‚ the cases of Indian Removal Act and the Spoil System. The issue of the Indian Removal Act proves Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. Jackson said he would completely remove 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
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in occupied Native American land‚ looking for new opportunities. The Americans moved west to mine for gold‚ silver‚ and copper‚ and wanted to farm. Many people have mixed opinions on whether or not this was a land of opportunity or not based on the many different outcomes from it. Although this time was not a good opportunity for the natives because many were killed or removed from their land and were put in reservations made up of land nobody wanted. The west was a land of opportunities in the late
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Andrew Jackson viewed himself as a friend to the Cherokee people because he always wanted what was best for the Cherokee and he thought of himself as a fatherly figure. President Jackson always wanted what was best for the Cherokee people. He looked out for them by keeping their best interests in mind. Andrew Jackson positively keeps them in mind when he says‚ “[...] enable them to pursue happiness” (Doc 1). The president says the relocating of the Cherokee to the west is their best option. According
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that focuses solely on female life. Instead‚ Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change‚ 1700-1835 rewrites the history of the Cherokee people both by placing women in the forefront and by showing how gender affected the Native culture and Cherokee-American relations. In the process‚ Theda Perdue recasts the history of the "most civilized tribe" in terms of persisting traditions. As Perdue demonstrates‚ the world of Cherokee men and the world of Cherokee women‚ although interconnected in many ways
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The Indian Removal Act was pushed through Congress by President Andrew Jackson‚ giving President Jackson the power to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River (“Indian Removal”). Originally‚ the relocations were supposed to be voluntary: the Indians could either relocate to the West of the Mississippi River‚ or they could stay where they were and begin to abide by the laws of the state in which they resided. However‚ this began to go awry when Indians were
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In the early 1700s‚ one of the Cherokee leaders came to South Carolina to discuss trade agreements with the governor and was surprised to find that there was no white women present. And then Europeans were also surprised to see that Cherokee women were equally important as men‚ politically and economically. The women of the Cherokee tribe also could get divorced easily‚ rarely experienced rape or domestic violence‚ they worked as farmers‚ owned their own homes and fields‚ and had significant political
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Amsterdam becomes New York‚ New Amsterdam was a Dutch colony‚ ruled by the Dutch West Indian Company. The Dutch West Indian Company established a patroon system to defend their market and their personal interests. Under the patroon system‚ rough cabin houses was built for the new settlers. The patroon were first settlers who owned a portion of land and charged taxes or rent to the new settlers who became farmers. The Dutch Indian Company hired authoritarian leader for New Amsterdam to established order
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It was the Cherokee survival spirit and perseverance that let them still be part of the united states territory. Since the 16th century when the European explorers came to North America‚ they had identified the Cherokee tribe as one of the most cultural and socially advanced of the Native American tribes. Cherokee is a powerful tribe from the Iroquoian family‚ located at the Southeastern side of the United States. Did you know that more than 819‚105 Americans claimed to have Cherokee ancestry in
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President‚ Andrew Jackson worked to pull apart the Second Bank of the United States. The original Bank of the United States had been introduced in 1791 by Alexander Hamilton as a way of organizing the federal government’s finances. This first Bank became invalid in 1811. It was followed by the second Bank‚ put together by James Madison in 1816 to reduce the economic problems caused by the War of 1812. Both Banks were involved in the growth of the U.S. economy‚ but President Jackson did not approve
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set foot on this land‚ the Native Americans fate was sealed. What happened to the Native Americans was less than respectable on our part. They were stripped of all dignity‚ one layer at a time. The United States was irresponsible in carrying out the Indian Removal Act of 1830 by encouraging coercion and deceit‚ outright breaking of existing treaties and making empty promises they never intended to keep. Also the Americans thirst for land made it almost inevitable that the Indians were going to be
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