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    Without slavery and a proper way to control native americans living on american land then there can be no stable economy. America is based upon land and what can be gained from it. Slaves work the land and indians run amuck on the land. So to justify both slavery and the removal of the indians: Slavery is the basis of the revenue from the south, and to abolish slavery will lead to a destabilization of the economy and destroy the freedoms that are trying to be achieved. Native Americans are uncontrollable

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    Mr. President, Members of Congress I am a Cherokee Indian name Lauren who was removed from my house from my land with my family. I was born and raised on that land that I instantly fell in love with and never thought in a few years I would be removed from my home and forced to move somewhere else forever! This shouldn't be happening to us, we are humans just like all of you here today that we should be treating each other with respect and happiness. Me and my family and friends don't deserve this

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    The main topic of the snapshot autobiography is having student be able to think like a historian. Historians don’t include every major detail when telling a key event in time. They include what is the most important and leave certain events out without taking away from the entire story. When students are creating their own autobiography, they are learning decision making skills by having several events that make up their story, but also being able to narrow this key events down to only a few while

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    If Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson faced off, many would argue over which president was better leader and who was more effective. Jackson and Jefferson have more differences among them then they have alike, but they both stood in their beliefs and completed major events that helped with the writings of America’s history. If Jefferson or Jackson had an idea in mind that needed to be completed, they were very effective to get that job done in an efficient time. Both presidents held professions

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    Indian Removal The Indian removal affected both Americans and Indians drastically in many ways. Good things came out of it, and horrible things also did. The attitudes and policies of the American government that changed over time, the responses and reactions of the Indians and Americans to removal, and the effect of removal on the Indians are traced from the American Revolution to the 1830s. At first, the attitudes and polices of the Americans desired to integrate the Indians, but after the American

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    wide open land and to be free of Indians (Importance of the West). The West was in fact not free of Indians, and there were several wars that ensued in Arkansas, Montana, Washington, and California (Youngs). On May 28, 1830, the Indian Removal Act was passed. It stated that the Native American were to be removed from the Southern states (Indian Removal Act). The act ended the Native American’s right to live in the states under their own traditional laws (Indian Removal Act). They were given the options

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    the Iroquois to ally with the Parliament to fight against the French in the French and Indian War in the 1700s. If I were to get a chance to go back in time, then I would choose to rewind to the period of 1830 to 1850: when the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was established by President Andrew Jackson, which resulted in the American Indian Trail of Tears.

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    even believed that he was abusing his executive power in ways that a king might, they nicknamed him “King Andrew.” The most controversial of his changes to the United States was his Indian Removal Policy. President Jackson believed strongly that the country could not continue to prosper if conflicts with the Indians were constantly oppressing them. So, these people were forced out of their fathers to the western side of the Mississippi, to lands that had yet to be settled or even explored. Whether

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    more formally recognize this status.” – (Page 249). This caused a problem with the constitution, because new states could not be established in pre-existing state. “Georgia, where most of the Cherokee lived, opposed the plan and called for the removal of all Native American.” – (Page 249). In fact, the Cherokee nation fought back. “The case reached the United States Supreme Court, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia.” – (Page 250). The Cherokee lost; but a year later Chief Justice John Marshall “ruled

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    the years leading up to the Indian Removal Act, which was the initial cause of the Trail of Tears, the United States was in a shift. The country was seeing an unrivaled influx of European settlers looking for careers and land. This caused population to skyrocket, in fact in the years 1790-1840, the United States saw a 350% increase in population. In other words, the need for fertile land and viable property was high. At the same time, attempts at assimilation of Indians into American society were

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