Dbq Indian Removal

Andrew Jackson was declared president in 1828 immediately declaring the removal of eastern tribes. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which authorized the president to negotiate removal treaties. In 1831 combined army, militia, and other volunteer forces began to move the tribes along one of several routes to two forts located in Indian Territory; Fort Gibson and Fort Townson. The last tribe to be moved was the

The Indian Removal Act was very controversial during its time, receiving influence from individuals, local, state and mostly by the federal government. This act gave the president, Andrew Jackson, the authority to make transactions with Indian tribes in the Southern region of the United States. The Indian Removal Act was a deal made by President Andrew Jackson with the Indian tribes, forcing them to leave their occupied land, which happened to be federal territories west of the Mississippi River. President Andrew Jackson’s primary method in Indian Removal was his speech to Congress regarding his opinions on the act, which included many positive outcomes that would happen if the Indians were to leave the territory. He claimed that this act would not only benefit the United States as a whole, but it would also benefit the Indian people. This benefit was called “Manifest Destiny” or the idea of the United States expanding its territories from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. This expansion would benefit the country not just economically, but agriculturally as well. However, “Manifest Destiny” was only an idea, and in order for this idea to become a reality, the governments had to take action. This action in entirety was the removal of the Indian tribes from the southern regions, making them travel through very harsh conditions so that Americans could settle in their former homeland. Overall, the American government wanted to rid the

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson addressed Congress stating two Native tribes had accepted the terms of the Indian Removal Act. Jackson said he hoped the two tribes consent would set an example for the other tribes to leave because he thought leaving was an advantage for them. He explained, “It puts an end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the General and State governments on account of the Indians.” The two different civilizations didn’t agree, which lead to violent conflicts that lasted centuries. For thirty years, the United States had tried to come to find a way to get the two civilizations reach an agreement. The Indian Removal Act became the United States government’s solution that ended the violent encounters. This Act removed the Natives from northern Tennessee, southern Louisiana, western Alabama and the state of Mississippi, which helped the United

The Indian Removal Act, inspired by Andrew Jackson; the 7th president of the US and the enhanced ambition for American settlers to find more land in the southwestern regions of North America. The Indian Removal Act enabled Jackson the power of negotiating removal treaties with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Among these tribes were: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Very few authenticated traits were signed. The Choctaws were the only tribe to agree without any issues. All other attempts resulted in War and blood shed for both white settlers and Indians. The conflict with the U.S. and Indians lasted up until 1837. In 1838 & 1839 Jackson forced the relocation of the remaining Cherokee Indians;

People move to places where they know is strong and independent, with strong and leading rulers. In 1806, Thomas Jefferson wanted to expand west to have more land and more people move there and start farming and making new products, etc… when Thomas Jefferson wanted a land, but some people were living there, so he said that Americans would move there, and as for the original residents, they will be independent, and uncivilized (Document 2). Later in 1829, Indian Removal Act happened, Andrew Jackson wanted the land so he offered to the Indians who lived there at the time, to take their land, and give them another piece of land where they can all move and live there, because he wanted to take the more fertile and better land (Documents 5). This

How would you feel if you were forced to leave your home and never come back? The Indian Removal Act forced the Native Americans to move into new Indian Territory even though the Indians inhabited the lands first. In 1830, Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act and forced Native Americans to sign treaties. These treaties forced Native Americans to move to lands west of the Mississippi (Davidson 339). The Indian Removal Act was therefore out of order because the Indians were the first inhabitants of the land, the Americans cheated them on treaties and trades, and the Indians were treated horribly by the Americans.

The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress in May 1830. The law gave permission to the president to negotiate with Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. Andrew Jackson was president at the time. Thomas Jefferson's policy had been to respect the Native Americans and the rights to their homelands. He allowed Native Americans who had accepted Anglo-European behavior to stay east of Mississippi. He planned to guide them to practicing a custom culture /based society. Andrew Jackson wanted to renew a policy of political action for the removal of the Native Americans from these lands. He would make them work toward passing a law for the Indian removal. The

“The most destructive law” to the American Indians which barely passed May 28, 1830 was known as the Indian Removal Act, and later was known as the Trail of Tears. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson brought up to Congress that all American Indians “be encouraged to move voluntarily from their lands east of the Mississippi River.” For some time, many American Indians began their new venture and voluntarily started to move. President James Monroe also agreed with Thomas Jeffersons’ ideas and convinced Congress to move on with the process.

In 1830, under President Andrew Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The purpose of this act was to relocate the Indian inhabitants of the southeastern states to a designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi and eventually eliminate the Indian population from their homeland. Although the act did not provide authority to remove the tribes by force, military action was utilized to carry out the removal. The consequences for the Native American tribes were devastating as well as long lasting.

The problem with the Natives is that they blocked westward movement for Americans, who were mainly motivated by money. To appease the white settlers frustration, Jackson prompted Congress to pass the Removal Act of 1830. The Removal Act caused the forced removal of Indians from the land they inhabited in the Southeast, to land which would be granted west of the Mississippi River(7). At this time, President Jackson was responsible for negotiating, and creating removal treaties with the Native tribes, even if it meant having to be threatening at times. Robert Whaples states, “About seventy treaties were signed by which more than 100 million acres of Indian land were added to the public domain at a cost to the government of about $65 million plus 32 million acres in the new Indian Territory”, which shows just how crucial the Removal Act was towards the growth of the nation. Jackson’s aggressive political strategies seemed to had muzzled the Indians, who had been a burden for white settlers in one way or another since Columbus stepped on the

Although, President Jackson is often credited with initiating the Indian Removal because it was passed during his presidency in 1830, he was merely implementing a plan laid out by Jefferson in a series of private letters written in 1803.Jefferson wanted to expand his borders into the Indian Territories, without leading to war, so he planned to make them give up their own culture, religion, and lifestyle, and instead embrace the European culture, Christianity, and agricultural lifestyle. He expected that by making the Indians farmers that they would willingly give up their land in exchange for the resolvent of

Later in 1830 Congress, urged on by President Andrew Jackson, passed a law called the Indian Removal Act. This law gave the government the power to relocate Americans Indians, or take them from their homes and place them in another territory. The president used this law to grant unsettled lands west from the Mississippi River in exchange for American Indian's land. Few tribes agreed with the change, but many of them resisted the law and did not agree to move. These tribes were forced out of their homelands and sent to other lands that were called Indian Territory. An example

On May 28, 1830, United States President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing the exchange of Native American lands for unsettled lands west of the Mississippi river. (Primary documents in American history, n.d.). Even though the act did not authorize the repeal of existing treaties guaranteeing land rights to the Native Americans within the United States, or the forcible removal of eastern populations of Native Americans, both occurred on a massive scale due to the Indian Removal Act (Cave, 2003). This does

One of the defining moments of President Andrew Jackson’s career, if not the most significant, was the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This was a controversial bill at the time and the impact from it is still felt today. The Indian Removal Act directly led to the displacement of thousands of Native Americans; including four thousand deaths during the Trail of Tears, the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma. While overt racism played a clear role in relocating Native Americans past the Mississippi, it is possible that other factors were at play. The living conditions in many of the states were poor for Natives and Jackson hoped that giving them a new location to live could remedy these problems while opening the land up for white settlers.

In 1830, congress passed The Indian Removal Act, which became a law 2 days later by President Andrew Jackson. The law was to reach a fairly, voluntarily, and peacefully agreement for the Indians to move. It didn’t permit the president to persuade them unwillingly to give up their land by using force. But, “President Jackson and his government