First, they had their own culture. Before the indian removal was passed, they created a world that they have their own language, printing press, and newspapers. They had a civilization, they had a government modeled after the U.S and they have their own constitution. They had order where they used to live But they already signed the indian removal act. But few of the tribes only agreed on this act so this act was not equal.…
I. Comanche Tribe a. The Comanche tribe’s demographics of this culture is 16,372 i. The Comanche tribe primarily stays in Texas, Oklahoma, and or New Mexico. ii. Comanche’s religion was infused with spirituality.…
The Indian Removal Act The Indian Removal Act was an event that happened in 1838. This event was the removal of the Cherokee. The U.S Congress pass this act so that the americans could move to their lands. It was not right for the americans to take the Cherokee lands.…
The United States of America is a large and populous country with over 300 million people spread out among the states, but it wasn’t always that way. In the 1830s the U.S government was struggling to expand its nation into the frontier. As a result, many people including Andrew Jackson and even Indians like Elias Boudinot found it necessary to move and push the Native Americans west. Jackson strongly believed that the Native Americans should move further west because it will save them from annihilation and will allow white settlers to use and find new land expanding America’s growth (Doc A). This shows how Jackson supported the native American removal because it benefited both people, the Native Americans and white settlers.…
Indian Removal: Is it justified? The Act of Removal of the Cherokee Indians was a rough era in history. The Removal of the Indians happened because the citizens of Georgia wanted to mine on their land. The Cherokee Indians had refused to let them mine on their land because the land belonged to the legally and they were not going to let some strangers come and take their land away from them. How would you like it if someone came into your house and told you to leave?…
The Seminole Indians were also part of the tribes which were ushered out of their homeland in the west. After the ratification of the Indian Removal Act the Seminole tribe encountered the harsh force of the United States. The Seminole fought back in an effort to protect their tribe and their land. Many homes of Seminole people were demolished and their occupants were arrested. The Treaty of Payne’s Landing was signed on May 9, 1832, it surrendered any existing land in Florida owned by the Seminole.…
The Creek Indians dwelt on lands in Georgia and Alabama. They were part of the Five Civilized Tribes. Many of the Creek Indians readily adopted the lifestyle of the white settlers.…
A significant and catastrophic event in history was the Indian Removal Act of 1830, initiated and enacted by Andrew Jackson. Standing in the way of white settlers and their path to greater prosperity were the sizable number of Native Americans. The so-called Five Civilized Tribes, which included the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and Seminoles occupied the land, especially in the South, which threatened the expansion of the land-hungry Americans. President Andrew Jackson promised to resolve this issue with the Indian Removal Act, by the volunteer exchange of Indian lands and their removal east of the Mississippi for land west of the Mississippi (Boyer et al, 255). The result of his policy was anything but humane and devastating…
Cherokee Removal For this assignment, our group got the opportunity to choose the topic of the Native Americans. The first thing that came to mind was to do my topic on the Cherokee Removal. The Cherokee Removal, part of the trail of tears, occurred in 1838. The U.S. military and various state militias forced some 15,000 Cherokees from their homes in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee and moved them west to Indian Territory. The removal of the Cherokee Nation fulfilled federal and state policies that developed in response to the rapid expansion of white settlers and cotton farming…
The Cherokee Indians Forced Removal: Concentration Camps and Conditions Danielle Warren HIST3000: The Professional Historian: Historical Study and Writing Professor Martin Dotterweich October 26, 2014 The early 1800s were devastating times for the American Indians. They were forcibly removed from their lands and sent across the country on a journey that became known as The Trail of Tears.…
Bruises, tears, and broken bones implanted on an individual as they attempt to stay on the east of the Mississippi. The removal of Indians resulted in this brutal effect. They were moved from their home and had to leave the graves of their ancestors and everything behind as they were forced to transfer to the west. Andrew Jackson’s proposed Indian Removal Act of 1830 is the main cause of this malice and inhumanity. Racism to Indians plays a large role in the concept and action of this act.…
Choctaw Culture Assignment Kylee Carpenter, Danyelle Gray, Amy Russell and Christopher Willis Carl Albert State College December 3, 2015 Before the arrival of European ships, settlers and soldiers in the sixteenth century, the Choctaws flourished in southeastern North America, mainly in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. They were an ancient people who farmed, crafted, traded with neighbors near and far and built great ceremonial centers. The forces that brought together Native Americans and Europeans vary greatly, from land expeditions and missionary excursions to military conquests (Haag & Willis, 2001). After much resistance to the European way of life many Choctaws were relocated to present-day Oklahoma.…
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress in 1830 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The Act was the first major law that Jackson enforced. It stated that the president could relocate the newly civilized Native Americans west of the Mississippi River while the Americans could have control over the land that the Native Americans had previously occupied in Georgia and Florida. Although the removal of Native Americans was supposed to be done fairly, Andrew Jackson and his government ignored the law in order to get more benefits from the situation. The five main tribes that were relocated were the Cherokee, Seminole Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek tribes.…
There were a few events that led to the Trail of Tears. Native Americans fought alongside the British in both the French/ Indian war and the Revolutionary war. When the Americans won the war they confiscated some of the Native American’s land. Before the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee Tribe was recognized by the Government as their own nation. Gold was another reason that Americans were so eager to get them off their land.…
On October 2nd, 1832, Elias Boudinot wrote, “We must think about the fate of our poor brothers, the Creeks. Their experience was enough warning to all of those who want the Cherokees to stay and follow the laws of the United States.” Boudinot is saying that what happened to the Creeks was a warning about what could happen to the Cherokees next. This quote shows that they will have a better chance of survival if they leave, because settlers will not kick them out and steal their homes, and they will leave in a much less violent way. Boudinot is convincing because the Creeks lost their land right before Boudinot wrote this letter in 1832.…