To begin, the twenty dollar bill represents the Indian Removal Act because of the flag above the White House and the words “In God We Trust”. These things represent Manifest Destiny because the flag represents nationalism and the phrase represents religion. Manifest Destiny is the belief that God gave the land (that was occupied by indigenous tribes) specifically to the settlers. It is also the belief that their nation is superior than all other nations (nationalism). Both of these things lead to extremism, which is the belief that you are 100% right no matter what. Extremism leads to intolerance, violence, and genocide. Not only that, Manifest Destiny is the belief that Christianity is superior to all other religions. This resulted in a “my
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These trees represent the Industrial Revolution because they are resources. The Indigenous Tribes believed in a sustainable nature so that it would last forever and everybody got what they needed. The settlers however, believed in more of an unsustainable nature because they depleted it and ruined it so that they could be happy within the moment but did not think about future years to come. The Indigenous people’s religion made it so that they respected nature, something that the settlers were not doing at all, because of the Industrial Revolution. The settlers wanted to move forward and progress with technology, which is something that the Indigenous people did not agree with. The settlers wanted progress with the country by using natural resources to make manufactured goods and create a market economy. Since the Indigenous people did not believe this at all and were holding progress back, they had to remove the Indigenous people in the name of progress. Doing this led to the Industrial Revolution where the USA then used a market economy and invented amazing things like the cotton gin and steamboats. Overall, the Indian Removal Act was enforced because of the Industrial Revolution which is represented by the trees in the
These trees represent the Industrial Revolution because they are resources. The Indigenous Tribes believed in a sustainable nature so that it would last forever and everybody got what they needed. The settlers however, believed in more of an unsustainable nature because they depleted it and ruined it so that they could be happy within the moment but did not think about future years to come. The Indigenous people’s religion made it so that they respected nature, something that the settlers were not doing at all, because of the Industrial Revolution. The settlers wanted to move forward and progress with technology, which is something that the Indigenous people did not agree with. The settlers wanted progress with the country by using natural resources to make manufactured goods and create a market economy. Since the Indigenous people did not believe this at all and were holding progress back, they had to remove the Indigenous people in the name of progress. Doing this led to the Industrial Revolution where the USA then used a market economy and invented amazing things like the cotton gin and steamboats. Overall, the Indian Removal Act was enforced because of the Industrial Revolution which is represented by the trees in the