Ap World History Dbq Research Paper

At the beginning of the 1500s, Indians suffered the deadly epidemics which took from Europeans, however, they believe that is god’s willing to punish them. After that, European countries were trying to brake Indian people. The Native population of North America fell by more than 70 percent between fifteenth-century and nineteenth-century. Europeans judged Native people by Europeans values, social orders and gender assumption caused the policy of removing Indian people from east to west. Indians Removal Act passed by U.S congress in 1830. Many Indians didn’t know the truth behind the Congress sanctioned. The Indians have to choose between adapt Americans way of life or leave their home. Natives American who had large military force and took control of the lands were attached most of attention. Only smaller Indian nations were less affected but were restricted to small areas.
He applied this view as President in his dealings with the Indians. He wrote to William Harrison, governor of the Indiana territory, and stated: “they will perceive how useless to them are their extensive forests and will be willing to pare them off from time to time in exchange for necessaries for their farms and families” (Calloway 266-267). Although his view was that Indians were inferior, he at least thought them capable of making progress. President Jackson hold a much harsher view, “What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few savages to our extensive republic” (Calloway 268). Where Jefferson had some measure of civility Jackson had none. Jackson wanted the Indians removed from their lands east of the Mississippi, especially the Cherokee, and he used the force of the American government to that