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    Jackson signed and implemented the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian Removal Act was where Cherokee indians were forced to move from their land and walk thousands of miles to relocate to present day Oklahoma. Over four thousand Cherokee indians died along the way because of the environment conditions that includes the snow‚ rain‚ ice‚ freezing temperatures‚ starvation‚ illnesses‚ etc. They experienced diseases‚ starvation and exhaustion on their heartbreaking journey. It is recorded as a time

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    them to stay away from whites and convince them from their own savage habits and make them more interesting and important. When the government told the Indians to move‚ they said they would give them bigger land‚ money and support to move. “The Cherokee Nations cedes to the United States all the land claimed by said Nation east of the Mississippi River… 7‚000‚000 acres of land is guaranteed to the Cherokees west of the Mississippi” (source 5). The United States as well‚ “agreed that the land herein

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    Compare and Contrast

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    Topics and Prompts for Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Writer’s Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 Integrated Readings “Evaluating the Piper Cherokee and the Cessna 172” (career-related paragraph) . . . . . “The Piper Cherokee and the Cessna 172” (career-related essay) . . . . . . . . . . . “The Temple and the Cathedral” . . . . . . . . . . . . . “From B’wood to the ’Hood” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “A Mixed Tex-Cal Marriage”

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    American Revolution 3. Potential Outside Information a) Battle of New Orleans b) Burning of Washington c) Impressment Document C 1. Document Information a) In an 1829 report on American aborigines‚ Lewis Cass expressed a belief that the Cherokee Nation had made no progress in improving its society despite 200 years of “contact with a civilized

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    Sam Houston

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    move off the farm‚ Sam Houston ran away at 15 to live with the Cherokee (Buenger). After three years with the Cherokee‚ and two years teaching for money‚ Sam Houston joined the army where he quickly raised in rank. Due to his military service‚ Sam Houston came to the attention of Future President‚ General Andrew Jackson‚ who became the mentor or still a young Sam Houston (Marquis). After the war Houston became the subagent to the Cherokee and helped aid them west across the Mississippi‚ experiences

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    to the Indians by binding treaties. He personally did not agree with Georgia’s claim but did propose a voluntary removal policy as the best solution in a letter to Congress January 27‚ 1825. The issue did not go away; the rich farm lands of the Cherokee and gold in the Georgia hills fueled the removal movement. President Andrew Jackson‚ an infamous Indian fighter‚ in his First Annual Address to Congress in December of 1829 let it be known that he was firmly committed to the removal of the eastern

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    A View from a Bridge

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    In the essay "A View from a Bridge‚" the author‚ Cherokee Paul McDonald attempts to describe the world through words to a boy with no sight. McDonald uses very detailed descriptions of this account and in turn realizes that beauty is too often overlooked in everyday life.  In McDonald’s essay‚ he uses his experience fishing with a blind boy. While he uses first person‚ he also uses dialogue to explain what’s going on. This allows the reader to get a feel for what’s going on. Through the important

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    There are multiple reasons why the state of Franklin failed. There are also many ways it can demonstrate the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. The “Lost” state of Franklin is always referred to with the Articles of Confederation this being because they were closely related. The number one reason for the state’s failure is all of the weaknesses in the Article of Confederation. The land was ceded in the late 1700’s because North Carolina handed it over to the Congress to help pay

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    should be relocated. In Worcester v. Georgia‚ a case where a Cherokee tribe appealed to the Supreme Court‚ the ruling was‚ in fact‚ in favor of the Cherokee Indians. Chief Justice John Marshall‚ in the majority opinion of the Court‚ wrote “The Cherokee nation‚ then‚ is a distinct community‚ occupying its own territory‚ with boundaries accurately described‚ in which the laws of Georgia can have no force.” He clearly stated that the Cherokee Indians have a right to their own land‚ are completely separate

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    No more flying solo The introduction of passengers in Flight Sim World has both received support and critics‚ but is it really something new and uninteresting as some seem to suggest? Then why did people get excited with PeopleFlow or FsPassengers? When Dovetail Games announced for its 6th update animated passengers were coming to the simulator‚ I was happy‚ I must say. Being one of those people who grabed the Mission Editor and tried to explore it‚ I felt from the initial moment that it made sense

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