The Removal Of The Cherokee Nation Just like the Louisiana Purchase white settlers traveled to the western territories. To minimize conflict. Thomas Jefferson wanted to move the Indians to distant western lands but he wanted their homelands in the East. This thought became very popular and in 1830’s so the Congress finally passed an Indian Removal Bill. What the bill was about is moving Indians westward. Although they passed the Indian Removal Bill they were upholding the Treaty of Hopewell. This treaty is the government agreeing to protect the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation’s land in the southern part of the United states. The Indians thought that they had a right to their lands in Georgia so one third of the Nation decided to migrate
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According to the documents, initially what Indian policy, or set of goals, did the government pursue? The Dawes Act was one of the acts the government pursued. The 1942 Citizens Act was another one . This one granted citizenship to Native Americans. What did the government want from the Cherokee? They wanted the Native Americans land. What did the government try to do for the Cherokee? They tried to give them another land that wasn’t theirs.
2. Over time, the government's Indian policy changed. What became the government's new policy? The Treaty of Echota is about the Cherokee Nation agreeing to move westward. What events and/or people may have triggered these changes? Andrew Jackson
3. Can you propose an alternative policy for conducting relations with the Cherokee that would have resulted in fewer casualties and less conflict? If the United States just left the Native Americans alone and found other lands to settle on. After all the wars and all the new treaties that were signed and fights everyone got into the Cherokee Nation ended up moving to their new land and settling there. They all came to agreement on where the Cherokee Nation went. But I still think that if we just left the Cherokee Nation alone we wouldn’t of had all the fights, treaties, and the
According to the documents, initially what Indian policy, or set of goals, did the government pursue? The Dawes Act was one of the acts the government pursued. The 1942 Citizens Act was another one . This one granted citizenship to Native Americans. What did the government want from the Cherokee? They wanted the Native Americans land. What did the government try to do for the Cherokee? They tried to give them another land that wasn’t theirs.
2. Over time, the government's Indian policy changed. What became the government's new policy? The Treaty of Echota is about the Cherokee Nation agreeing to move westward. What events and/or people may have triggered these changes? Andrew Jackson
3. Can you propose an alternative policy for conducting relations with the Cherokee that would have resulted in fewer casualties and less conflict? If the United States just left the Native Americans alone and found other lands to settle on. After all the wars and all the new treaties that were signed and fights everyone got into the Cherokee Nation ended up moving to their new land and settling there. They all came to agreement on where the Cherokee Nation went. But I still think that if we just left the Cherokee Nation alone we wouldn’t of had all the fights, treaties, and the