Five Civilized Tribes

along the way. Andrew Jackson was one of the reasons this conflict rose against the Cherokee. Andrew Jackson was not justified in forcing the five “Civilized Tribes” off their land due to the conclusion in Worcester v. Georgia,the fact they attempted to live an American life and how civilized they were, and

Imagine moving into a home that is infested with mice. Anyone would do anything to get rid of the mice to protect their newly bought home. That’s what the Newly formed American nation experienced when they paid for and fought for the land that they acquired. Now imagine random strangers coming into a house that has been passed down from generation to generation. The strangers start bullying the family and tell them to do things. Then the strangers start fighting with each other and one comes out

In the years before Andrew Jackson became president, the different tribes in the south lived well together with white people. The Choctaw tribe accept the new life and culture as it was the best of bad circumstances, they could let their tribe fight and possibly face death. Moving away was a horrible journey and they would also possibly face death. Or stay and accept the new culture. They had to let go of their long and important history. But as hard as they tried when President Jackson became

crafted various items like hickory bows, canoes, baskets, drums, and farming tools. The Creeks traded with other tribes like the Cherokee and Natchez, and traded with colonials, “they used the Choctaw trade language.” “The Creeks struggled to retain their homes, and their innate intelligence, had acquired the rudiments of the white man’s culture and were making progress in civilized ways.” This however was not enough for the Creeks to keep their lands. In their first loss, in 1814 the Creeks

The United States encouraged settlement in the West during and after the Civil War. The Homestead Act of 1862 gave families up to 160 acres of land if they agreed to live on it for five years. The completion of the railroads to the West following the Civil War opened vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development. White settlers from the East poured across the Mississippi to mine, farm, and ranch. African-American settlers also came West from the Deep South, convinced by promoters

In relating the account of Native American tribes amid the Civil War, a large portion of the examination concentrates on the "Five Civilized Tribes" of the Southeast: the Cherokees, the Streams, the Choctaws, the Chickasaws, and the Seminoles. A large number of the essential records, for example, letters. Also, speeches that survived the War are written in English. Since the bigger tribes, for example, the Cherokees and Brooks, favored the Alliance, the lion 's share of exploration has fundamentally

Native American policy. The committee also had the purpose to inspect the supplies that were delivered to Indian reservations to ensure that the government fulfilled the treaty obligations to tribes. President Ulysses S. Grant wanted to come up with a new policy, which would be more humane, for Native American tribes. The policy would be known as the Peace Policy, which aimed to be free of political corruption. The Peace Policy was prominent on Native American reservations, where Christian Churches and

first contact with Europeans was with Hernando de Soto in 1540. Living in sophisticated town sites, the Chickasaws possessed a highly developed ruling system complete with laws and religion. They conducted a successful trade business with other tribes and with the French and English, and lived largely an agrarian lifestyle, but were quick to go to battle if necessary. They allied with the English during the

The Indian Removal was a policy of the government of the United States in the 19th century whose objective was to move the native American tribes that lived in the east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. Due to the rapid increase of the population of the country, the U.S. government urged the Indian tribes to sell their land in exchange for a new Indian territory outside the borders of the United then existing. This process was accelerated with the adoption of the Law of Forced

Removal Act allowed the President to grant lands in the west to Indian tribes that agreed to give up their lands in the east (“Indian Treaties and the Removal Act”). In his message, Jackson claims that Indian Removal Act is beneficial to everyone involved. Although Jackson outlines the benefits of speeding up the process of removing Indian tribes from their homelands, in reality, the Indian Removal Act does not benefit Indian tribes because it only leads to a forced migration, reinforces prejudice towards