Category: Indian Removal Act

I am against having a statue to commemorate the pioneers, since they did more bad than good to North America. The pioneers did horrific things to Native Americans like forcing them off their land, and murdering nearly almost all of the tribes. The greed of pioneers led much suffering for Native Americans, who were left nearly nothing. The pioneers did built the United States into what it is today, but at the cost of ripping land of people who were born there and even murdering them to get it. You may not fully see eye to eye with me because you also believe pioneers suffered too, in order to achieve a better life, than in Europe. While that is true, there is a difference between sharing land with Native Americans who were born on North American land, than forcing them off because you are greedy and want to expand your area of food resources. Consequently I believe, pioneers manipulated and robbed Native Americans of their homes, land, and food resources.

The pioneers manipulated the Native Americans into signing a contract to give up their land in return for their freedom. For example, the 1830 Indian Removal Act was created to remove the Cherokee Tribe off the lands of the East of the Mississippi River and relocate them to present day Oklahoma. This soon became known as the Trail of Tears because approximately 15,000 Native Americans were forced to walk more than 1,200 miles to the Indian Territory. On that trail, 4,000 Native Americans perished of exhaustion, disease, or hunger. I believe pioneers manipulated the Native Americans by making them believe their new land would have the same resources and telling them they would not have to deal with white settlers bothering them, but in reality many were taken to colder locations that they were not familiar with, and with not many food resources, resulting in more deaths. So when there is talk of building a statue to commemorate the ‘hard work’ or ‘struggles’ of pioneers, I take offense because Native Americans suffered more than they did and are barely recognized in our country. I do not agree with your reasoning because I found it very hypocritical when you stated to never forget the ‘hardships’ pioneers endured, when Native Americans suffered more hardships, like having their people being murdered by settlers to obtain more land to fulfill their greedy ambitions. I am aware that settlers suffered hardships as well in surviving on foreign land with very resources, but you are portraying the settlers into some heroes that did everything themselves. When in reality many Native Americans helped settlers find food that was edible and taught them how to plant and harvest food they were unfamiliar with, but pioneers still repaid them by stealing their land and murdering Native Tribes. You also emphasize the idea that, ‘what great endeavor in American history has ever been achieved with great pain?”, but are not considerate of the fact that Native Americans did not gain anything, while settlers did. Native Americans have only very little land today, and have to deal with the possibility that their history may be erased from the lack of population.

In conclusion, I am against a statue or monument that commemorates pioneers since they are heavily celebrated, while Native Americans are barely recognized for all the horrific things they’ve endured thanks to settlers.

President Andrew Jackson, like many other white frontiersman, believed that Indians had no rights and should be treated according to such. After his election in 1828 Jackson recommended that the Eastern Indians be moved west of the Mississippi River to what had become Oklahoma. In Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi state laws had already stripped Indians of their powers, rejected the claims they had to their land, and denied Indians the right to sue or vote. Congress in 1830 in response to Jackson, debated about the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the President to decommit from earlier treaty agreements and force 74,000 Indians in the east and south to move to lands west of the Mississippi River. Relocating the Native Americans was Jackson’s top priority at the time, however it was met with opposition from the American reformers and of course the Indians. The American reformers warned of the shame that the relocation would bring upon America, but in May of 1830, Congress narrowly passed with Jackson willingly and happily signing the Indian Removal Act.

Around 46,000 Indians were relocated at the government’s expense by 1835, the speed of the process was very fast but still not enough to satisfy some in the South and Southwest. Settlers from the old Southwest continually pushed Indians forward and moved across Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi ending up surrounding the Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and the Seminoles. Among the civilized tribes many had become accustomed to the white way of living as well as marrying whites, adopting food and clothing, and even converted to Christianity.

In the Illinois and Wisconsin territory the Black Hawk War broke out in 1832, Illinois’s militia attempted to expel the Indians by chasing them into Wisconsin and ignoring their attempts to surrender. Illinois’s militia also murdered women and children as they attempted to escape across the Mississippi River. The Native Americans leader Black Hawk was later captured and brought to Washington D.C. by steamboat, carriage, and train, in an attempt to show how powerful the United States was before releasing him.

The Seminole tribe in the South resisted the removal from 1835 to 1842 by fighting a war in the Florida Everglades led by Osceola. It was described as the longest, deadliest, and most expensive war fought by the Native Americans, however after 1837 their leader, Osceola, was captured and left to die at Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Cherokees lived in northwest Georgia as well as in Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. In 1827, the Cherokees as an individual nation adopted a constitution where they declared that they did not have to obey any federal or state laws put in place by the American government. In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), it was ruled by Chief Justice John Marshall that the Cherokees were not a foreign state instead being disclosed as a dependent nation. The following year in Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokees were a political community inside of Georgia that Georgia law had no control over. Both decisions were on the Cherokee’s side that their ancestral lands could not be taken from them, President Jackson although refused to enforce the Court’s decisions. While the Indians were being forced out, there were no other options except to sign a treaty, which is what the Cherokees did in 1835. They gave up around 100 million acres of their land in exchange for ‘Indian Territory’ in present-day Oklahoma (around 32 million acres). By 1838, around 17,000 Cherokees had been forced out of their homes and moved west in the ‘Trail of Tears’, a forced 800 mile journey made mostly on foot. A select few Indians held out and acquired title to land in North Carolina, later on becoming known as the Eastern Band of Cherokees.

Being a lawyer and a landowner, Andrew Jackson has to be considered as one of the most controversial presidents ever. Some may say that he is a bad president seeing the decisions he made that had a huge effect on the citizens but at the same, he could also be argued as a good president since of how he handled the U.S debt during that time. However, his poor actions such as the promotion of slavery by signing the Indian Removal Act, his opposition to the Nullification Crisis increasing sectionalism in the country, and the long dispute with the National bank resulting in a weaker currency, ultimately categorize him as a bad president.

During his lifetime, slavery was a primary source of Jackson’s personal wealth, as he wanted to protect his assets. He was extremely against the abolitionist movements and during that time he owned nearly 150 slaves, who he treated really poorly. There was once an incident of him offering rewards to anyone who captured runaway slaves. This shows that Jackson is just doing this to gain his reputation by the public. During 1830, most of the Native American tribes, especially in the Northeast had been sent away and destroyed but there were still thousands of Native Americans that were living on Indian territories within state borders down South such as Florida and Alabama. Since Jackson believes that Native Americans that are living within the United States had no sovereignty over the land, as well as the pressure for development of western lands made the removal of these Indians politically desirable. This was later known as the Indian Removal Act which was applied to the ‘five civilized tribes’, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and the Seminole. These Native Americans felt betrayed seeing after all the work and effort they did to help Jackson, and now they were being forcibly removed from their homes and made to move to the other side of the Mississippi River, which is hundreds of miles away. By 1837, Jackson removed 46,000 natives from lands east of Mississippi, opening 25 million acres of land for white settlement. Although the Indian Removal Act was a great example of America’s efforts to expand through North America and their motivation to economically improve through profitable opportunities, it was devastating for the Native Americans, their culture, and their way of life causing them to die from the lack of food and shelter during the journey of the Trail of Tears.

Arguments and disagreements over tariffs have become one of the key issues Jackson had to face during his presidency. As the John Quincy Adams Administration drew to a close in 1828, manufacturers in the rapidly industrializing Northeast began demanding a tariff tax on imported woolen goods to protect their industries from foreign competition, especially from Great Britain. Jackson had chosen John.C.Calhoun, a native South Carolina as his vice president. The people of South Carolina declare that several acts of the congress that impose duties and imposts on importation were unfair and were expecting Jackson to repeal it as he was known as the man of the people. However, Jackson failed to address the tariff issue which opened a split between the president and the vice president. Calhoun published a theory of nullification, stating that any state had the right to nullify or get rid of a law if they believed it’s unconstitutional. Jackson was on the side of Southerners who complained that protective tariffs are damaging their economy, so he was also against the idea of nullification as he believed that the federal government and union must be preserved. Although the Nullification Crisis was good for many of the industries at the time, the tariff made Southerners pay more for the goods in the United States. Additionally, the Nullification Crisis also increased sectionalism in the United States as some believe that states should have more power over the federal government while others believe the federal government should make the final decisions for the country. Through this, we can see that Jackson caused the tension between the state and federal governments, nearly causing a civil war to begin. Furthermore, it also demonstrated tensions within American democracy where a minority of wealthy slaveholders going against the democractice majority, emerging a sectional dispute over slavery between the South and the North.

Lastly, during that period in which the United States was moving on to a strong prosperous future, having a truly democratic president to lead was necessary. However, Jackson opposed to the Second National bank because he felt that the bank held too much power and that it was unconstitutional. He confronted the bank with the belief that it was corrupt and would threaten the nation’s economic security. One of the purposes of the bank was to provide a place for the United States to deposit its own receipts and for the Americans to make tax payments. The bank would be essential in funding the military in times of war as well as helping to pay down large amounts of government debt. Jackson’s war on the bank would lead to one of the worst depressions in American history so he decided to order all government deposits to be withdrawn from the bank and to be placed into smaller state banks, which was later known as the ‘Bank War’, closing down the Second Bank. The consequence of the Bank War had a profound influence on the country, seeing that not only did it hurt the American economy but it also incited the development of a two political system to emerge. Additionally, the Panic of 1837 was also partly caused by this decision that Jackson made, making a huge change in the political party system.

Andrew Jackson has to be considered a bad president seeing the horrible actions he did for the country which includes being a very cruel slave owner, opposing nullification leading to a crisis, and opposing the Second National Bank of America. His actions all harmed America’s economy in such a way, making him a bad role model for future presidents. He deserves to have no place on the currency, and nothing but disrespect from modern America.

President Andrew Jackson was the United State’s seventh president and was surrounded by controversy. Despite this, he was still a fairly good president whose legacy was good for the United States, not so much its Native inhabitants. Jackson managed to help pay off the federal debt by cutting federal spending, accelerated the democratization of American life, and allowed for a booming economy and increase in industrialization.

The Maysville Road Veto took place in May of 1830, when then President, Andrew Jackson, wanted to use his executive authority to “limit the role of the federal government” and deliver blows to his rivals John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay. Earlier in the year, Congress passed a bill that was pushed by both Calhoun and Clay which would authorize the use of federal funds to construct a sixty-mile long road across the state of Kentucky from Maysville to Lexington. However, Jackson decided to veto the bill on the grounds that the road was a ‘purely local matter’ since it was not an interstate project. While Clay was shocked at Jackson’s decision, he was not successful in convincing Congress to override the veto.

The Nullification Crisis began in 1832, when a Nullification Convention met in South Carolina. Nullification is the right claimed by some states to veto a federal law deemed unconstitutional. This convention met because of South Carolina’s collapsing cotton prices and because it was losing parts of its population to Westward Expansion, which many South Carolinians blamed on the Tariff of 1828 (which was also known as the Tariff of Abominations). This tariff taxed British cloth that came into US markets, which hurt southerners by raising the prices that they had to pay for imported products. Calhoun claimed that the Tariff favored the interests of New England textile manufacturing over southern agriculture, which in his eyes was grounds for nullifying the tariff because the state deemed it ‘unconstitutional’. President Jackson was sympathetic, until South Carolina threatened to nullify federal laws they didn’t like. His first attempt to defuse this situation involved calling on Congress to reduce tariff rates, which led to the creation of the Tariff of 1832, which lowered rates on some products but kept them high on British cotton fabric and clothing. Despite this effort, South Carolina resented the federal government because they were disappointed by the tariff because they wanted the British to buy more cotton. This new tariff caused nervousness down in South Carolina. South Carolina was the only state where slaves made up most of the population, they feared that the power that the northern representatives in Congress had to create such high tariffs would also allow them to vote to end slavery. In 1832, after Jackson was reelected, a special convention in South Carolina passed an ‘Ordinance of Nullification’, which “disavowed the unconstitutional federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832…”. In addition, South Carolina vowed to secede from the Union if federal authorities tried to collect tariffs on goods unloaded in Charleston Harbor. In fact, Calhoun decided to resign as vice president so that he could openly defend nullification in Congress. Jackson was furious, and asked his secretary of war how many soldiers it would take to go and “crush the monster [nullification] in its cradle”, and he continued to denounce nullification due to it being a possible precursor secessions. In response to Jackson’s tirade against nullification many northern states passed resolutions that condemned nullification and even the southern states that had sympathy for South Carolina didn’t endorse nullification. President Jackson eventually sent federal soldiers and even a warship to Charleston to protect the custom house where tariffs were applied to foreign products arriving on ships from Europe and Governor Hayne responded by mobilizing the state militia. This led President Jackson to request the authority to use the US Army to force South Carolina to obey federal law from Congress. Thankfully, Calhoun and the nullifiers eventually backed down, hoping that Congress would pass a better tariff bill for South Carolina.

The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears tie very closely into each other. Both involved President Andrew Jackson’s plan to remove Native Americans from most US land and have them reinstalled onto reservations. In 1830, President Jackson submitted the Indian Removal Act to Congress, this allowed him to “ignore treaty commitments made by previous presidents” and convince the Natives to move to reservations. The Native Americans were not merely forced out into the cold, however, the departing Natives would be compensated and given initial support in their new lands. Naturally, this was met with backlash from both the Natives and political reformers who didn’t trust President Jackson’s motives. Most northern Native Americans obeyed the Indian Removal Act and were relocated, however, Native Americans in Illinois and Wisconsin fought to regain their lands. The Cherokee were also opposed to the Indian Removal Act. The federal officials who were responsible for implementing the Indian Removal Act decided to divide and conquer the Cherokees. In 1838, 17,000 Cherokees were evicted from their lands and were moved West. About 4,000 Cherokees died along the way, and according to one Georgian it was “the cruelest work [he] ever knew”. In December 1838, President Martin van Buren told Congress that he took “sincere pleasure” in being able to report that the entire Cherokee Nation had been relocated. However, some Cherokees held out in the mountains of North Carolina, called the Eastern Band. Years later, the Creeks and Chickasaws would take the same trails and be relocated to reservations. In the end, 100,000 Eastern Indians were relocated to the West during the 1820s and 1830s, and the government sold 100 million acres of Indian land, which was mostly in the Southwest.

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. The law was signed into law by Andrew Jackson and it was strictly enforced under his and Martin Van Buren’s administration, which lasted until 1841.

Native Americans living east of the Mississippi would be moved to the west of Mississippi. Native Americans tribes had a much different view on the land, one example is the Cherokee and they believed that the land should be shared. This eventually led up to the Native Americans taking Thomas Jefferson’s advice, to embrace the white mans way of life or culture. After even taking on the white mans way of life, the Native Americans were still made to move because even though the Supreme Court ruled in the Natives favor that they could stay, Jackson told Georgia to ignore the ruling.

Signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, the Indian Removal Act was an unjust policy that took the lives of many innocent people. This policy allowed the president to give Indian tribes western land in exchange for their territories within state borders.

At first glance, the Indian Removal Act may seem fair enough since both Native American tribes and the US get land. However, this is not the case because thousands of people had to leave their own homes and were forced to go into unknown territory by the US. Although some groups of Native Americans complied with the policy, tribes such as the Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek refused to move away from their homeland. This traumatizing event, including the forceful relocations of native americans, was called ‘The Trail of Tears’, which was a terrible result of the Indian Removal Act. Since many Native Americans were being forced to head down West, they had to undergo a harrowing journey that they never chose for themselves. This is exactly why the journey is referred to as ‘The Trail of Tears’.

In my opinion, the United States had no right to push these tribes out of their own homes. The Native Americans settled on this land first, and deserved to stay on their own in peace. Even though the US might have been trying to improve the lives of their own people through expansion, there are no reasons that can justify the cruelty that the Native Americans went through. About four thousand lives were lost on ‘The Trail of Tears’ due to our country’s arrogance towards the native tribes. In conclusion, the Indian Removal Act was a huge mistake made by the United States that caused thousands of people to go through the traumatizing event called ‘The Trail of Tears’.

Andrew Jackson and his impact (DBQ)

Andrew Jackson was 7th President of the United States. With Jackson as the president from 1829 to 1837, America both grew and crippled. Even as the most controversial president ever, the legacy of Andrew Jackson still lives. Because many saw him as a great political figure, his presidency began the “Age of Jackson.” In the eyes of some people, he was a war hero and had a positive impact on the country. On the other hand, others saw him as an enemy who negatively impacted the country. Even though Jackson was an amazing military leader, he proved to be an okay president. As president, he had his ups and downs, causing him to positively and negatively impact the country. Factors of a negative impact were his creation of the spoils system unconstitutional Indian Removal Act. On the other hand, some factors of a positive impact would be his decision to veto the National Bank. Before Andrew Jackson’s presidency, he gained popularity after his great role in winning the War of 1812. At the Battle of New Orleans, he crushed his British opponents with a low American casualty to a high British casualty ratio. His victory showed America that he was a war hero and fit the role of being president. Another victory for America was in 1819 when Jackson successfully gained Florida from Spain, which led to the Adams-Onis treaty. Jackson ended up winning office in 1828. Successful in getting what he wants, he was known as the president of the people. He formed the Democratic Party which would support and protect an individual’s liberty. After all, he had an entire age named after him called the “Age of Jackson.” To begin with, in document A, during the presidential election of 1828, Jackson got more democratic votes than John Quincy Adams the national-republicans.

People voted for Jackson because Adams was seen as a cheater who won the last election with the help of deal was called the “corrupt bargain” which Clay supported Adams in exchange for being secretary of state. This caused people to dislike Adams and vote for Jackson. As a result, Jackson won the election because they saw him as a strong military leader. Furthermore, in document D, Jackson voiced his opinion on his spoils system. This system had a negative impact. He explained how he had benefited the people more than any other president before. People in the spoils system were put into office by Jackson. In order to be a part of it, you must support him. Jackson replaced many government workers with his own supporters in order to benefit the government for himself. In addition to negatively impacting the country, in document E, Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road Bill. This bill would supplied funds to complete the project for building a road that connects Lexington to Maysville. He reasoned that federal funds weren’t constitutional. According to him, these funds would prevent paying off the national debt. In document F, Andrew Jackson wants the South Carolinians to stop their protest with nullification. He explains that since he imposed the tariff, everyone must follow it no matter what.

The reason why the South Carolinians were against his tariff of 1828, was because it raised taxes on imported manufactured goods. In response to Jackson’s tariff, South Carolina imposed a “tariff of abominations.” Jackson’s tariff would have a positive impact because it would help the U.S. economy. In document G, Andrew Jackson vetoed the bank recharter for the 2nd national bank because he feels that it was unconstitutional, damaging to states’ rights, and threatens people’s liberties. He explained that the rich and powerful people have too much in governing because they are selfish and only want to benefit themselves. Everyone is equal under the law he said. This would also be a positive impact. In document H- Jackson appoints the Indian Removal Act of 1829 because many settlers had complained about them. Many still agree that they’re inferior and not willing to follow the ways of Americans. As a result, 5 native groups were forced to move west of Mississippi. Even though Americans have tried to get them to learn farming and Christian ways, they wouldn’t budge.

The Indian Removal Act could be seen as positive and negative. The act negatively impacted the Natives because now they have to relocate. But the act positively impacted westward expansion. Lastly, in document N, the cartoon represents Jackson as a snobby and corrupt monarch king. It criticizes Jackson for overusing his veto power and ignoring the policies of the Constitution. When Jackson vetoed the recharter of the second bank of the US, it shocked many people. Beyond the documents, during the War of 1812, Jackson and his army won over the Creek Indians and their British allies. During the battle, Jackson destroyed 2 Indian villages: Tallageda and Tallasahatchee. After that, at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, his army massacred hundreds of villagers and taking control of the Old Southwest. This event would be seen as a positive and negative impact. It was positive because Jackson was able to gain lots of land, but was negative because the slaughter of these innocent women and children would gain more hate towards Jackson. Andrew Jackson both positively and negatively impacted the U.S. during his presidency. First of all, was the negative impact of the spoils system in document D. He first explains how he has benefited society more than any other president before. He’s tricking people into thinking that he and his supporters are stronger than everyone else. People in the spoils system were put into office by Jackson. In order to be a part of it, you must support him. Jackson replaced many government workers with his own supporters in order to benefit the government for himself. This was a selfish act because he didn’t care if a person was educated or experienced. As long as you fully supported him, you get to be a part. Furthermore, was the Indian Removal Act in document H. Jackson appoints the removal act of Indians because many settlers had complained about them. In order to clear up space, he forced native groups to move west of the Mississippi for their land. Even though Americans have tried to teach them farming and Christian ways, they wouldn’t budge.

The Indian Removal Act was a negative factor. Jackson saw them as savages and didn’t care about the damage he was doing to them. The act negatively impacted the Natives because they had to relocate thousands of miles to the west. This was called “the Trail of Tears,” killing many natives on the way. The removal was brutal and inhumane. He thought he would make America better with this act of ethnic cleansing. Basically, he was a killer. Even though he’s done bad things, there are some good things he has done. According to document G, Jackson vetoed the second bank recharter. When Jackson vetoed it, it shocked the wealthy people. He believed that the Bank of the U.S. was unconstitutional and didn’t benefit all people. Therefore, the wealthy would be more benefitted than the common man. Jackson did this because he wants a balance between the classes. To him, everyone is equal under the democratic rule. Jackson proved to be an okay president after all. With all the good and bad things he’s done, he has attracted lots of hate and attention. He had restored power to the people, but never defied slavery. When he left his presidency, he had positively and negatively impact America. For that reason, he wasn’t the worst president but wasn’t the best either.

The American Indian Policy was first formulated during the 19th century to allow people in the United States to make good trade with the native Tribes for crops and other materials. Therefore, people who were in the federal government had the power to make deals with the native Tribes with the authority of the Constitution. With that being said, if anything were to go wrong, the U.S. government needed to be in charge of any situation.They didn’t want non-whites to take over their land and then embraced a containment policy that led to indigenous leaders abandoning their property, most of their people, education for their children, and eventually forcing them to move west of the Mississippi.Therefore, this prompted President Jackson to go against the natives with the natives causing problems for the Americans. This causes Congress to remember, then in 1830 they passed the Indian Removal Act. The Americans didn’t like other non-white people because of the problems they created. It also forced the Five Civilized Tribes of the natives to migrate from the Southeast to the West with this act being created. Some tribes moved and others fought back for their property, particularly the Cherokee, without causing any surprise. The people of the Cherokee wanted to bring it to the Supreme Court. The types of programs put in place by the U.S. government to control and relieve the native issue are the Indian Removal Act and the Tears Trail.

The U.S. was unable to contain the natives because they fought back, and that’s when they saw them as a threat. That led Congress, therefore, to pass the Indian Removal Act. An Act passed by Congress and signed by President Andrew Jackson was the Indian Removal Act. The Americans claim that the Removal was in the Native Americans ‘ best interest and that settling elsewhere is better for them. Andrew Jackson, for example, said Native Americans would have to adapt to support agriculture and mechanical arts by choosing to stay. He said it would be hard and cause them many struggles and finally their people would die out entirely. Jackson also claims he has no motive to deceive their men, but just to try to help them. The act gave the president permission to give the natives, within existing state borders, unsettled land that was west of the Mississippi for their land. Therefore, a few tribes went peacefully and did not cause the U.S. government any problems, but many resisted the policy of relocation. The one tribe with this was the Cherokees who had the biggest problem. They wanted to fight back because they saw it as unjust to prove their point by bringing it to the Supreme Court. But the Supreme Court eventually ruled that the Cherokees couldn’t be a foreign nation because they didn’t meet all the criteria for it.

That being said, the Cherokees produced their own constitution and then defined their rights to be entitled as human beings. Therefore, they not only use their constitution as a right to be treated as human beings, but also under God’s faith. In addition, you use constitution writing to discuss their religion and ethics. Therefore, it will help protect the rights of the Cherokees for their independence and also for their happiness with this constitution. You also have the right to have an education. Then the Cherokee wrote a message to the United States. Congress stated that it was impossible to break the deals the U.S. reached with the Cherokee nation. For example, if the natives leave their land and the government of the United States wants the land they left behind. They’d have to pay a fair amount for it to the natives. Therefore, with the lands already owned by the natives or granted to the natives, it can not be bought or sold unless it has been decided on by both sides of the parties. Persons in the U.S. can not claim land to which the indigenous people are assigned, if they do, they are prosecuted under Cherokee law. The Cherokees were not in support of the Indian Removal Act because they found the treaty to be unfair and it was the reverse of their legislation that was made between the U.S. and its citizens. Therefore, it went against what the Cherokees Constitution was designed for leading them to hate the Americans with the new act of the Americans. So they played the people of the Cherokee, took more land than expected, and gave them less ground. In fact, they found this unjust and thus led the Cherokees to see who the whites really are and they saw them as their land’s intruders.

Nevertheless, being unable to do anything about it with the displacement of the natives and the Cherokees. Thus, the impact of removing the Cherokees resulted in cholera outbreaks, inadequate supplies, and death from hunger and exhaustion. Some of the Cherokess froze to death when they moved to the new land and died of pneumonia due to the weather. Besides this, the cherokee people lost their land, their crops, livestock, and places of historical significance. This only made it worse and there was no reconciliation between the two sides. The Cherokee tried to resist being expelled by the U.S. government several times, but it didn’t work at all. Therefore, it incident was later referred to as the Trail of Tears. When the act was created, the land to the west of Mississippi was reserved for the Natives, but it was hard to barron and it was hard for them to live on without proper supplies to survive off. When they moved there, they didn’t have much because they had to pack their stuff and go. They left Southeastern with most of their supplies and they lived off what they had.

The Cherokee Tribe has tried to make a New Echota Treaty with the Americans to sell their entire land east of the Mississippi for a large sum of money and also to help them move and compensate for their lost property. They had problems with the treaty and the Cherokee people where they were not happy with what had happened. But the convention was still approved by Congress. Just a few Cherokees travel to the territories of the natives and a large number stayed back. With the Cherokees who had been left behind, President Martin Van Buren sent his massive army to make sure all the Cherokees left the land and returned to the nativesTerritory. And they then marched all the natives thousands of miles to their territories with that happening. This was named the Tears Trail because for the natives it was a devastating road. Thus, thousands of them died on the way to their new home due to illnesses they caught. When all the remaining natives arrived in their new land, they were guaranteed not to be troubled by the U.S. government and left in peace to do what they wished. But that wasn’t at all true because the white settlement pushed westward as time went by. Which was the Native Territory and the native population became smaller and smaller over time with that happening. And later on Natives Territory was gone and they didn’t exist anymore.

In summary, the Indian Removal Act forced natives to move west to a new home. They forced the natives to leave because people who were non-white settlers did not like them. This caused a lot of problems with the Cherokees because they didn’t want to be forced out of their land and got nothing out of it. Most natives have been killed in the process because of their new home environment’s disease. But the Colonists are eventually able to rid themselves of all the natives and drive them west of the Mississippi. So the Settlers eventually got what they wanted and the natives didn’t get anything out of it.