In the past few years migration has changed drastically. People from all over the world are looking for a better way of life. People migrate because of the weather, the economy, a different life style, and other reasons. Economics and oppression make people move to other countries or locations looking for better living standards.
There are two main factors that influence migration. Firstly the push factors, secondly the pull factors. The push factors are the reasons forcing a migrant to leave their country of birth. These can include various reasons, the common factors being civil war, causing distress or threats to their families.
The Cherokee Indians have lived on this continent far longer than anyone of British decent. Yet they were removed, in a brutal manner, from their homeland, on which they have lived for countless centuries. This journey of removal was called the Trail of Tears, and this paper will show the effect it had on the Cherokee. It will be told how they lived before they were …show more content…
He sent General Winfield Scott and the U.S. army to put all the Cherokee in stockades. Stockades were basically removal forts, which were located in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In all there were thirty one forts located throughout the states. During the rounding up process the U.S. army soldiers showed many signs of cruelty towards the Indians. They even stole items and destroyed the Cherokees’ property. The next stage for the Cherokee form the removal forts was to go to interment camps. “By late July 1838 virtually all Cherokees remaining in the east were in interment camps, with the exception of some hiding in the mountains”. After seeing how cruel his people were being treated Chief John Ross asked the president if the Cherokee may oversee their own removal. Permission was granted, but U.S. soldiers remained with the Cherokee until the end of the
There are two main factors that influence migration. Firstly the push factors, secondly the pull factors. The push factors are the reasons forcing a migrant to leave their country of birth. These can include various reasons, the common factors being civil war, causing distress or threats to their families.
The Cherokee Indians have lived on this continent far longer than anyone of British decent. Yet they were removed, in a brutal manner, from their homeland, on which they have lived for countless centuries. This journey of removal was called the Trail of Tears, and this paper will show the effect it had on the Cherokee. It will be told how they lived before they were …show more content…
He sent General Winfield Scott and the U.S. army to put all the Cherokee in stockades. Stockades were basically removal forts, which were located in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In all there were thirty one forts located throughout the states. During the rounding up process the U.S. army soldiers showed many signs of cruelty towards the Indians. They even stole items and destroyed the Cherokees’ property. The next stage for the Cherokee form the removal forts was to go to interment camps. “By late July 1838 virtually all Cherokees remaining in the east were in interment camps, with the exception of some hiding in the mountains”. After seeing how cruel his people were being treated Chief John Ross asked the president if the Cherokee may oversee their own removal. Permission was granted, but U.S. soldiers remained with the Cherokee until the end of the