minority who happened to be immigrants. The removal act was implemented in 1838 and 1839 by Andrew Jackson. After the Supreme Court ruling in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia(1832)‚ states had no authority over tribes‚ which later led to the trail of tears in 1938. The trail of tears forced the Cherokee Nation to give up all land east of the Mississippi River and migrate on to present day Oklahoma. The journey caused starvation and many other effects that killed over 4‚000 people. (Explain without opinion how
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Trail of Tears Trial of Tears and the Five Civilized Tribes During the early years of 1800s‚ valuable gold deposits were discovered in tribal lands‚ which by previous cessions had been reduced to about seven million acres in northwest Georgia‚ eastern Tennessee‚ and southwest North Carolina. In 1819 Georgia appealed to the U.S. government to remove the Cherokee from Georgia lands. When the appeal failed
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In 1838 and 1839 Andrew Jackson from Tennessee was forceful on Indian Removal‚ and from 1814 to 1824 jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of 11 treaties‚ which had devastated the southern tribes of their eastern lands in the west. So the Cherokee indians were tired of it so they went to the supreme court. The n in 1830 Jackson pushed a whole new piece of legislation called the “Indian Removal Act”. Jackson’s attitude towards the Native Americans came off as rude because he did not like
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Cited: Library of Congress. “Virginas Early Relations with Native Americans.” Nebraska Studies.org. “Conflict and Negotiation with European Settlers” “Trail of Tears.” Halverson‚ Melissa Sue. “Native American Beliefs and Medical Treatments During the Smallpox Epidemics: an Evolution” “Native Americans of North America.” MSN Encarta. Streich‚ Michael. “Immediate Causes of the Revolutionary War.” 2009‚ January
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Elizabeth Nichols 2nd period 3/20/10 The Indian Removal Act Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. This act called for the government to make treaties that required Native Americans to relocate west. Jackson thought that this policy was “just and liberal.” He thought the Native Americans would be able to keep their way of life. He was wrong. The Indian Removal Act brought a lot of hardship to the Native Americans. It also forever changed the relationship between whites and Native
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Indians if he got elected as president because the white people wanted the land the Indians were living on. The Supreme Court said that the Indians can stay‚ but Jackson ignored them. He forced them to leave‚ but some didn’t‚ so that is how the trail of tears started. In document G‚ on July 11‚ 1832‚ James Mooney‚ wrote a paper in it he quoted a Georgia volunteer during the removal states‚ “I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands‚ but the Cherokee
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Indian Removal Act: Research Simulation Paper The Native Americans had lived in America for generations. They were already here when the colonists came from Britain. Colonists survived because of the Native Americans’ help. When the colonists fought the Revolutionary War‚ some of the Native Americans allied with the British‚ but some fought on the colonists’ sides. Britain armed some Native American tribes to fight against us in the War of 1812‚ but some stayed with us the whole time. Settlers wanted
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exodus of the Natives of America. Almost all historical accounts are in the perspective of an American‚ the perpetrators. How could a tragic event be prevent from in the future if there are no views of a victim. Therefore‚ I as a witness of the Trail of Tears‚ have collected my memories to help enlighten those who are clueless. Just as I was about to leave to go berry picking‚ my mother calls out to me. “ Aquen‚ come!” She hollered. My mother‚ was a warmhearted a middle-aged woman. Villagers alway
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The Cherokee Indians The American Indian History in the Eastern part of the country is always associated with the Cherokee Indian nation. The Cherokee’s were by far the largest and most advanced of the tribes when Europeans first arrived and came in contact with Native Americans. There are too many tribes to go over background on every one of them‚ so I’m going to focus on the Cherokee’s since many of their ways and customs are so similar to all the other tribes in the East. When Europeans
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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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