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Are Native Americans Fair Or Fair?
As unfair as it sounds, the Americans wanted to conquer land that was already owned by the Natives. To begin with, White settlers began to notice that the west side of the Mississippi river was not the best location for farming. The solution created was to farm on the east side, however, that was the Native Americans territory. Therefore, the plan was to move all Natives to the Plains and bring the settlers into the east to farm. The plan itself was unfair because although it is true the Native Americans believed nobody owned the land, technically, the Natives were the ones who settled in the East first and developed their own culture. American president, Andrew Jackson, supported the farming settlers point of view and began to send troops

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