In the beginning of the nineteenth century the United States Government sought out for expansion west of the Mississippi. Stimulated by the discovery of gold in 1849 and the Gadsden purchase from Mexico in 1854. The U.S Government bought 29,670 square mile portion of territory; America’s western frontier. With the Sates exceeding double in size, both European and Asian immigrants flooded into settling the western territories. Having no regards for the Natives who had originally settled and inherited the land before colonials. With new settlements came protection of the military that encroached on tribe lands and scared natural game away. The Government’s policy with Natives has been a notoriously farce benevolence. Before the dawn of the States’ independence, European policies such as the Proclamation of 1763 were enacted by George III. In which the King of Britain decreed: “The several Nations or tribes of Indians
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should not be molested or disturbed in the Possession of such Parts of our Dominions and Territories as, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us, are reserved to them . . . as their Hunting Grounds.” (George III). Although once the United States became it’s own sovereign nation, previous treaties and promises were ceded to the Sates. Lifting the proclamation and encouraging settlers to move westward towards Indian Country. Many tribes were left anxious and angered that they had been unilaterally subjected to the agenda of United Sates without any pre consultation for their behalf. As it came for the U.S to take responsibility for Native American Policies. The Third President Thomas Jefferson pressured Natives to either assimilate into European habits or to leave. Strongly held in his belief, European society was inherently superior to anything Native Americans had achieved. This ideology of aggression came to be in the Trail of Tears of the 1830s, when tens of thousands of natives under duress were forcibly relocated and thousands died on the
should not be molested or disturbed in the Possession of such Parts of our Dominions and Territories as, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us, are reserved to them . . . as their Hunting Grounds.” (George III). Although once the United States became it’s own sovereign nation, previous treaties and promises were ceded to the Sates. Lifting the proclamation and encouraging settlers to move westward towards Indian Country. Many tribes were left anxious and angered that they had been unilaterally subjected to the agenda of United Sates without any pre consultation for their behalf. As it came for the U.S to take responsibility for Native American Policies. The Third President Thomas Jefferson pressured Natives to either assimilate into European habits or to leave. Strongly held in his belief, European society was inherently superior to anything Native Americans had achieved. This ideology of aggression came to be in the Trail of Tears of the 1830s, when tens of thousands of natives under duress were forcibly relocated and thousands died on the