Kiara Jackson History Mr.Gubellini Nullification‚ Andrew Jackson and the Natives‚ and African Americans the results what took place. There are some things in the world like crisis‚ personal point of views‚ and different approaches about many things; some other things unexplainable and maybe unnecessary‚ but in this case that is most likely not the point. The point is between 1828 and 1845 there were some attempts at changing the government and our lives. Some of these attempts
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was allocated land in Georgia during a treaty with the U.S. In 1828‚ whites wanted to reclaim this land not only for settlement purposes‚ but because of the discovery of gold. President Jackson and the U.S Congress passed a policy of Indian removal for all lands east of the Mississippi River; this was known as The Indian Removal Act of 1830. As Georgia tried to reclaim this land‚ the Cherokee protested and took their case to the U.S Supreme Court‚ known as Worcester vs. Georgia. The act was instituted
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Meetings of the Cherokee Legislature and courts were deemed illegal‚ anyone living on Cherokee land and not Cherokee were subject to approval to do so under Georgia law. Some who refuse like Samuel Worchester‚ a white missionary who lived on Cherokee territory for years would was jailed and sentenced to “hard labor.” Georgia state legislator efforts were essentially to write the Cherokees out of existence‚ ignoring the nation’s constitution‚ borders and laws in the pursuit of
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assimilate with white American culture‚ Indians were encouraged to "convert to Christianity; learn to speak and read English; and adopt European-style economic practices such as the individual ownership of land and other property. However‚ in 1802 Georgia and Federal Government had started talking about passing a law to remove the indians and move them west of the Mississippi. The indian removal act was put in place to give the southern states the land that the indians had originally settled on. The
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responded by forming their own Constitution and went to court in 1831 to fight for their land. Chief Justice John Marshall and the other jurors decided that the Cherokee had the right to govern themselves‚ and the actions of Georgia were considered unconstitutional. Georgia ignored the court decision and President Jackson refused to enforce the decision. It could be argued that Jackson actions were justified because he was looking out for the interests of the Southerners. Another controversial issue
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a country where governments work for all people and a democratic party that looks to its young people as the future. I have the distinct opportunity to serve as a member of Georgia’s State House Representatives representing the 60th district of Georgia‚ which comprises Fulton County‚ Clayton County‚ the City of Atlanta‚ Forest Park‚ College Park‚ East Point and Hapeville. While I am proud to serve this great district many of the areas in my district are suffering for issues of high unemployment
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increases as more settlers expand on the economy‚ making less room for the land to settle on. During the westward expansion‚ the Cherokees biggest threat comes from Georgia and their persuasion against congress and the desire to run off the Cherokee. Cherokees have been on the American land possible forever and at no stop will Georgia let them have any room on their territory. Because congress was so weak‚ the desire for Cherokee land was abundant and congress could not help the Cherokee people.
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their home states of Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ Florida‚ and Georgia and moved them to reservations in Oklahoma. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 created a better lifestyle for some Americans but led to the slow and painful demise of the Native American way of life. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 provided better land opportunities for American citizens in the regions which Native Americans were evacuated from. With this act in place states like Georgia‚ which shared their lands with the Natives‚ would no
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1) The reasons that the Cherokee give for rejecting the idea of moving beyond the Mississippi River is because they cannot endure to be deprived of their national and individual rights‚ and exposed to a process of intolerable oppression by the residents who live near the river already. 2) The Cherokees understood their “national and individual rights” as not having the rights‚ which the fathers planned‚ in their favor. The U.S. see them as an evil eye unlike many other Indian tribes. Many of the
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Between 1816 and 1840‚ tribes located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River signed more than 40 treaties surrender their territory to the United States. Tribes such as Cherokees‚ Choctaws‚ Chickasaws‚ Seminoles‚ and Creeks. In early in the 19th century‚ the United States felt threatened by Spain and England‚ who held the western territory. At the same time‚ American settlers asked for more land. Thomas Jefferson proposed the creation of a neutral zone between the United States and
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