This treaty agreed to sell the U.S. government all tribal lands in the east in exchange for five million dollars and land in the west. Ross had argued that this treaty was done illegally. Not to mention that there was more than one route to the Trail of Tears. The first group of Cherokees had actually departed in Tennessee in June of 1838 and headed to Indian Territory by boat that had taken them through four state rivers including Tennessee‚ Ohio‚ Mississippi‚ and Arkansas (Thorton‚
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settlers‚ Native Americans have suffered tremendously. The establishment of the early English colonies and the future creation of the American nation impacted the lives and destiny of the Native American people extremely. One example of this is the Trail of Tears‚ an event which brought lots of people sadness and grief. Another example is the loss of their land‚ something which exceptionally changed the lives and destiny of the Native Americans. The last example is diseases‚ something that the Native Americans
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travel which ended up being for the very few who survived about 2200 miles long. Also‚ while on the Trail of Tears the indians were exposed to terrible and horrific conditions. Some of the conditions that the indians were exposed to were the harsh winter winds and cold and the lack of proper nutrition from the scarce amounts of water and food they were given daily. On a daily basis on the Trail of Tears the indians were given two cups of hot water to drink‚ a piece of cornbread‚ and one turnip to eat
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Indian Removal Act “Like rain‚ the tears of anguish fell‚ sad moments locked in time …. Where each tear fell‚ as some will tell‚ will be seen a Cherokee rose‚” (“A Cherokee Rose” by Rick Brown)‚ tells that thousands of Cherokees were forced out of their homes and start heading west‚ during the trip to Oklahoma at least 4‚000 Cherokee died. Many Cherokees died suffering through cruel and unfair government. In 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act‚ which was a law that forced
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J Fircha Honors US History I 2 March 2012 Removal of Indians DBQ All presidents have a legacy; some good‚ some bad. Andrew Jackson’s legacy is the Indian Removal Act. This act was not supported by the Supreme Court‚ made Native Americans leave the places that they called home for countless years‚ and had a huge impact on Native Americans personally. In 1830‚ with consent and encouragement from President Andrew Jackson‚ many Indians were wrongly forced off of their native lands and onto foreign
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American’s so much that he made a plan to move them off valuable land. Jackson did more than just the move Native Americans using the Indian removal act‚ he also started the Nullification Crisis and Fore act. Andrew Jackson had also inspired the Trails of Tears‚ killing over 4‚000 Native Americans. Out of all the thing Andrew Jackson did in his two terms of being president he brought more terror than honor‚ which is why he should be considered a villain. The Indian removal act was an
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Cherokees’ experience that the Trail of Tears were presented‚ yet the difficulties that these Native Americans faced were misconstrued throughout the Trail of Tears site. Andrew Jackson’s pledge to forcibly move the Native Americans to a location west of the Mississippi River resulted in the Indian Removal Act in 1830. One of the largest tragedies in history‚ this act of relocating tribes such as the Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole‚ and Choctaw is known as the Trail of Tears. These tribes passed through
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the 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
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Native American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences influencing future policy and resulting in the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson sincerely believed that in order to have a perfect nation‚ it was needed to remove the Indians to the west side of the Mississippi River. He went to Congress and with his first annual message addressing his case of the Removal
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was the Oregon Trail. It served as a natural corridor as the U.S. moved from eastern half toward the west coast. It began as an unconnected series of trails used by Native Americans. The trail began to develop into a trail of businesses such as military posts‚ trading posts‚ shortcuts‚ and eventually becoming a trail to route cattle drives and covered wagons. An important person at this time was Ezra Meeker‚ who was a pioneer that took steps to preserve and commemorate the Oregon Trail by organizing
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