all over West Virginia. They most likely lived there prior to 1831 because my dad is part Cherokee Indian. The Cherokee Indian tribe has been around since the 16th century when European explorers contacted the tribe. Since the initial contact the Cherokee Indians developed their society and culture along with the European settlers. This eventually lead to their downfall when the settlers found gold. The Cherokee man‚ women‚ and children were rounded up and on the orders of President Andrew Jackson‚
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signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 gave Federal government the power to move any Native tribe‚ resulting in 5 major Natives tribes being forcibly relocated. Then using the Indian Removal Act 12‚000 Cherokee were forced to move out of their land during winter causing 4‚000 Cherokee deaths due to hunger‚ cold and disease. Another example was the Gold Rush in California. Settlers were rewarded with money for Native scalps and miners went on killing sprees because they Natives as competitors
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While Andrew Jackson was president of the United States‚ he was happy to pursue the news in the relation of the Indians Removal in the 1830’s. I believe Andrew Jackson is in a rush to remove the Indians because it will prevent differences between the General and State Governments on account of the Indians‚ and it will increase the size of civil populations. In the 1830’s‚ the Indian Removal was not the only event that was occurring. The Second Great Awakening was happening as well‚ which was a period
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How did the English defeat everyone they came into contact with? How were they able to steal land without any consequences? The English not only felt they were the superior race‚ but they often had the law on their side due to them being white and of the English race. Many of the white men that had powerful authority had the mindset that all English men had‚ they deserve it all. In A Different Mirror written by Ronald Takaki‚ he explains how the English were able to acquire all they land and how
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continue without interruption. American settlers’ hunger for Indian land‚ however‚ led to violent conflict in many cases‚ and succeeding treaties generally compelled tribes to cede large areas to the United States government. he Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Cherokee‚ Creek‚ and Seminole tribes lived originally in the area that now encompasses the states of Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Tennessee‚ and North Carolina. These groups defined their own identity in many ways‚ but an important one was their relationship
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Period 3 Andrew Jackson Response Questions 1. What do you see? How does Jackson change over time? What do we know about Jackson based upon these portraits? The first shown portrait of Andrew Jackson was a small picture by a friend Jean-Francois de la Vallee. This image shows Jackson as the young‚ poor‚ and common man. The following images however‚ show Jackson in an athletic position and give the sense of heroicness and justice. This dissimilarity indicates the first two of three stages
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Andrew Jackson DBQ How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Background: Background is not limited to Jackson’s life. How did the first 6 Presidents utilize Presidential Power? Highlight each President with respect to their approach to the office and the decisions they made when in office. Mr. Gurczeski’s "Model" Notes Andrew Jackson DBQ 1 2 3 6 4 5 Jackson wins the Presidency. 1) What is a Presidential Elector? 8/8 11/12 2) What is more democratic
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American population skyrocketed. This increased the need for land for the growing American population immensely. Led by Andrew Jackson‚ the relocation‚ and removal of Native Americans started to take place in 1930. Native American tribes such as the Cherokee were removed forcibly out of lands that their families had held for generations. This changed the roles of Native women‚ so they were given bigger roles that had a bigger impact on their tribes. The society of Native Americans was always more inclusive
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parents who made it‚ will long remember it‚ as a bitter memory” (Minges‚ 467). A Georgia volunteer was later to say about the cruelty of the Indians‚ “I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands‚ but the Cherokee removal was the cruelest work I ever knew (Minges‚ 467)”. The U.S. troops gathered several Indians as well as some African slaves and put them in what is similar to a concentration camp‚ they were kept as what Minges says “pigs in a sty”
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Apache‚ Arapaho‚ Cahuilla‚ Cherokee‚ Cheyenne‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaw‚ Comanche‚ Dakota‚ Gwich’in‚ Hopi‚ Iroquois‚ Kiowa‚ Kickapoo‚ Ktunaxa‚ Lakota‚ Lenape‚ Lumbee‚ Makah‚ Menominee‚ Mitchigamea‚ Mohawk‚ Mohegan‚ Navajo‚ Odawa‚ Ojibwe‚ Omaha‚ Paiute‚ Pawnee‚ Pennacook‚ Pima‚ Potawatomi‚ Sakonnet‚ Shawnee‚ Shoshone‚ Sioux‚ Spokane‚ Tohono‚ Tolowa‚ Yapui etc. These are just some amongst many of Native American tribes. But I am going to talk about just five tribes. These five tribes are known as Five “Civilized”
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