Indian Removal Dbq

The Indian Removal act of 1830 was passed by President Jackson. President Jackson wanted the Natives land so he made false treaties with them in order to speed up the process of taking their land. Some of the Natives agreed to go to Indian territory on their own but, the majority of them didn’t like the idea of leaving their home. Many of the natives fought and raided the settlers many of the natives tried to make peace with the white men. Soon many of the Natives grew weary and finally decided to cede their land and move to Indian Territory. Still many Natives had to be forced to make the journey. Many of the natives didn’t survive the journey. The Five Tribes that were removed were the Choctaw,Creek,Chickasaw,Cherokee, and the Seminole.

The Indian Removal Act is justified and should be approved as a bill. In January of 1830, a bill was introduced to the Congress to remove and relocate the Natives elsewhere. The rationale of the bill was to expand the southern and the western regions of the United States of America. Furthermore, the Natives would have to be moved further to the west of the Mississippi river. The Indian Removal Act would set up a new foundation for the Natives and expand the frontiers of the United States of America.

The states of Georgia and the United States of America chose to relocate the Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Choctaw Indians from what was known as Indian territories then. By 1828, the Cherokee were civilized people since they had acquired most the western culture. Their women wore gowns, in addition to the Cherokees having a system of government. Moreover, they had built roads in their territories to show that they were ready to govern themselves. The people had decided that the land was theirs and as result, they had started to develop. They had quit their way of life and adopted western life such as farming and cattle ranching. However, despite their efforts the US government considered them as strangers who did not merit living in Georgia. Although some Cherokees like Major Ridge supported the removal, it is important to note that this was against the American constitution, which gives everyone equal rights.

If you were a Cherokee, would you want to give up everything you know to a total stranger? No because of the different grudges that would be held against them, how they were treated, and the Americans don’t and shouldn’t have the right to kick them of land that wasn’t theirs. In the past before this act the indians had helped the Americans achieve and conquer different things. Such as the Louisiana Purchase the indians had been there during the act for guidance and somewhat wisdom of what’ll be in there journey. The indian removal act wasn’t justified because the Cherokee had arrived before the georgians had, Americans were disrespectful towards the Cherokee, and had fought with/for the Americans during different wars but were still treated harshly.

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

The Americans expansion past the Mississippi Valley and the Appalachian Mountains resulted in the removal of Indians. From previous paragraphs, in 1763 Americans couldn’t settle land beyond a certain line at the Appalachian Mountains. However, after defeating England, the Americans assumed that the Indian land was theirs, only to discover that “their land” was inhabited. The Indians who were not needed, but rather an obstacle was dealt with by extreme force, thus clearing the land for whites. This land was cleared for cotton in the South and grain in the North, for expansion, immigration, canals, railroads, new cities, and the building of a huge continental empire clear across to the Pacific Ocean. President Jackson’s 1814 treaty granted Indians

Indians helped America in the War of 1812, then got kicked off their land. American leaders weren’t thinking at all! The Cherokees, an indian tribe that lives in Georgia, were asked to move out by Americans, but they didn’t want to; thus, The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was created. Some people were even about to start a war just to get the indians out. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 wasn’t justified for many reasons including that the Cherokees were there first, they saw other indian tribes getting treated badly, and that the supreme court sided with the Cherokees.

In the early 1800s the rapidly growing United State needed to expand its borders to support its people’s needs. Andrew Jackson used his power and influence as the President of the United States to forcefully remove the Cherokee from their land to claim it for the United States. Andrew Jackson’s decision to remove the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi in the early 1830s continued the of social, economic, and political policies of the United States but still showed signs of political change as well. .

The Indian Removal Policy was a significant time in history. The indian removal policy was signed by president Andrew Jackson in the year of 1830. The signing of the indian removal policy was about unsettling lands west of the Mississippi and trading for indian lands in effecting state borders. Some people did not agree with the indian removal policy, some groups went on strike because of this policy they were frustrated with it. There was also some people that did agree to this policy. In the late 1830 the government evicted the Cherokees. About 4,000 of the Cherokees died on the unwilling march which is known as the “ Trail Of Tears.”

The Indian Removal Act would push the Cherokee tribe into strange lands. They would be moving into areas that did not have important resources readily available. The area they would be moved to specifically lacked wood and water. Without wood, it would be difficult to create fires to keep warm, cook their food, and build strong shelter. Without water, it would be difficult to keeps crops alive. Sending the Cherokee tribe into an area where they could not sustain themselves is not far from sending them to their deaths.

The mid 1800’s bore witness to one of our nation’s greatest shames, an act nearly as terrible as that of slavery itself. There had always been tension between the native populations of the Americas and the Europeans since the very first settlers arrived, yet 1830 saw one of the worst acts perpetrated on the native populations by the newly formed United States. During the war of 1812, Andrew Jackson oversaw several defeats of Native American forces when he was General which seized hundreds of millions of acres of land, and ended the chance of a British-backed Native American confederacy in the Midwest. Later when he took the office of President, Jackson continued his mission of providing ‘national security’ to the States by pressuring congress to pass the “Indian Removal Act.”

Quick! Imagine a life of an Indian and how it felt, it was probably nice to have freedom. Well it wasn’t nice!!! At least for the Indians, the Georgians were forcing the Cherokee to leave their land or live under their laws. But, the Cherokee (one of the Indians tribes) they refused to leave their land and live under the laws of America. The Indians/ Cherokee, did mass murdered the U.S., but the U.S. took their land. The U.S. broken treaties between them and cheated them on trades, they also killed many of their men, women, and children. So they're only retaliating for what the U.S did to them. The Indian Removal Act wasn’t justified because the Americans took their land, killed their men, women, children, they have broken treaties and cheated them on trades.

As a soldier during the war of 1812, I fought against the Indians during the same time as President Jackson. We have both seen the savages in the primal state. We both understand how dangerous they are. The Sauk and Fox Indians are rumored to be located Northwest of Kentucky with the Cherokee to the South (Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri, 2015). I’ve heard that President Jackson is in the process of taking aggressive actions to rid the Indians from our lands. These Indian activists have never seen the edge of a tomahawk or the violence that these Indians are capable of

Cultural differences between the English and Native Americans took a toll of the Native American population. Throughout the Northeast, making scalps out of the ‘redskins’ was very common during the war times. Colonists were paid for every Native they killed. for a scalp of a male adult it was fifty pounds, for a scalp of a

In 1830, the Indian Removal Act was passed, a law which allowed the United States government to remove American Indians, specifically the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw, from their ancestral lands to be moved to the western frontier. This act was suggested by Jefferson, but finally passed during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. The Removal of