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    Many of the harsh dilemmas I encountered that were directly related to me conceding to abuse alcohol, existed well in advance of my decision to relocate to Atlanta, Ga. In fact, from what I'm able to ascertain by way of reliable sources, including my wife, is that my primary motive for leaning more towards this decision was to find help for the perils and perplexed conditions in which my life had twirled into. Initially, though I was unable to interpret the chaotic turn of events, or the uncivil

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    and what happens to them when they were moving to their new home in the west, as well what happened after the removal act. The main causes of why the Native Americans had to be removed will be expanded in this short paragraph. The Goldrush in Georgia in 1829 was one cause (“Trail of Tears”), so Fort Armistead constitution in 1832, was to help the Indians against gold prospectors (Blackbarn). Another one of the main causes was the greed

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    of Emory University in Decatur, Georgia for my second encounter report for HUMN1303. A day that had started out as a warm, albeit grey, winter morning had rapidly descended into a raw, windy and wet winter afternoon with a cold wind whipping around buildings, slicing through my clothes and chilling me to the bone. It put me in a bad mood as I detest cold weather. The approximately 6.5 mile drive from the Clarkston campus of Perimeter College a division of Georgia State University was fairly straightforward

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    The removal of various members of Native American tribes from their indigenous lands to that which was east of the Mississippi was a widely debated topic in the early portion of the 19th century. Morally, proponents of this action cited the fact that these Native Americans were "savages" (Jackson) with no rights to their land; legally, they were expected to adhere to the rights of the states and the federal government of the U.S. Those who were against Indian removal believed that legally they were

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    and under their own rude institutions¨ Jackson was able to gain citizens supporters due to his humble and persuasive message. Andrew gained great popularity after his victories over the Indians (Zinn). Jackson thought that the case of Worcester v. Georgia was incorrect so he decided to negotiate to remove the Indians

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    Entry into the mundane world: Ray Charles was born on September 23, 1930 in Albany, Georgia (1). In his early years of life, Ray Charles was a son of a sharecropper and a mechanic. He and his parents moved to Florida at an early age. Ray Charles enjoyed interest in music by listening to Mr. Wiley Pit perform at the Red Café (1). Mr. Pit serves as the greatest foundation towards the Ray’s interest in music and wanting to play the piano. In addition, this influences some of Charles’s actions in his

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    Between the years 1816 and 1850, over one hundred thousand Indians from sixty different tribes were relocated from their homelands and moved west; around thirty thousand Indians would die en route. The Indian Removal stands as one of the cruelest periods in the history of the United States, and is the result of a long history of war and disagreement between whites and Indians. Indians and Europeans had their differences. The culture of the Indian tribes was very different than that of the incoming

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    John Ross made several trips to Washington to try to get them to let the Cherokees stay on the ancestral land and he succeeded. The court ruled in the Cherokees favor in the Worcester vs. Georgia of 1832. Andrew Jackson did nothing to try to protect the Indians. He gave the Cherokees two years to prepare to move. As the May 1838 dead line arrived the Cherokees were not prepared to move at all. They were determined to remain, to stand their

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    forced to move out west; where they endured harsh summers, and no resources, which also resulted in death. In the late year of 1838, the remaining of the Cherokee tribe had began arriving at their unmarked, and unknown Indian Territory. Coming from Georgia, and warmer regions, they were not used to the cold that they were about to endure. The Cherokees were very ill prepared, for the only clothing they had was what they had on their backs, and a thin blanket to get them through the cold winters. Due

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    Andrew Jackson Analysis

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    it will protect the people of Georgia from the danger of the Native American. Therefore, he decides to pass “ The Indian Removal Act”. The Indian Removal Act was unfair because it took away the rights of the Native Americans and forced the Indians to leave their land which caused many innocent live. President Andrew Jackson did not like the Native Americans. He decided to write a letter to the congress and persuade the government that removing the Indians from Georgia will benefit the white settlers

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