The Indian Removal Act of 1830
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 is a very highly debated act. According to Johansen (2000), the removal of the “civilized tribes” from their homeland is one of the most notable chapters in history of American land relations (pg. 80). The removal influenced the natives in more ways than you can imagine. They had to change the way they live, the way they do things, the way they dress and even some had to speak a different language if they wanted to remain in their homeland. The Cherokee and many other tribes changed the way they taught their children. President Jackson was known as an Indian fighter in the war, he was planning on removing the Indians from their territory to make room for the white American settlers …show more content…
He made many decisions based on what he believed in. Andrew Jackson was a frontier lawyer in Tennessee, he often took his fees in land rather than money. Land was the type of wealth with the largest value in the United States during Jacksons life, slaves were the second most valuable. According to Milkis and Nelson (1999) the powers of the presidency that Jackson brought to life were constrained not only by the party system but also by the fundamental political doctrine that he espoused: to limit the activities of the national government (pg.127). Jackson also implanted a system of rotation into government, using the president’s power of appointment and removal to replace federal employees for purely partisan reasons said Milkis and Nelson (1999 pg 127). The Indian Removal Act wasn’t a very hard decision for Jackson, he had all the power to make decisions. Andrew used the “spoils system” which basically gave him the right to make any decision because he had all the power. According to Andrist (1963) until Jackson became president, the revealing belief was that the government work force should be stable and politically neutral (pg.126). All of this violated Indian treaties with the federal government, confronted with this fact, president Jackson told the Indians that he was unable to stand by those treaties because nettlesome issues according to Johansen (2000 pg. 85). Jackson made this decision not thinking of how much it …show more content…
79). The United States were growing more and more every year and they needed more land to settle down and farm. According to Mark (2007) on December 7th 1829, congress listened as a clerk read Jacksons official plea to develop a policy of Indian Removal (pg. 52). For the American’s who were moving out west they were able to move west and settle down and start a family, and according to Stewart (2007) to the settlers the Native Americans were simply in the way, they no longer wanted them to remain there (pg. 80). Even though the settlers that were already out there were sharing land and helping each other out. As soon as they heard there was gold and riches on the natives homeland they wanted it all to themselves. Within a few months, on December 19th 1829, the Georgia legislature passes a stature, declaring the laws and constitution of the Cherokee Nation null and void (Johansen, 2000, p. 86). Then Jackson then came up with the Indian Removal Act, which established a process whereby the president could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes who gave up their land to the American settlers (2011 pg.2). Jackson did not really care about what happened to the natives he just
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 is a very highly debated act. According to Johansen (2000), the removal of the “civilized tribes” from their homeland is one of the most notable chapters in history of American land relations (pg. 80). The removal influenced the natives in more ways than you can imagine. They had to change the way they live, the way they do things, the way they dress and even some had to speak a different language if they wanted to remain in their homeland. The Cherokee and many other tribes changed the way they taught their children. President Jackson was known as an Indian fighter in the war, he was planning on removing the Indians from their territory to make room for the white American settlers …show more content…
He made many decisions based on what he believed in. Andrew Jackson was a frontier lawyer in Tennessee, he often took his fees in land rather than money. Land was the type of wealth with the largest value in the United States during Jacksons life, slaves were the second most valuable. According to Milkis and Nelson (1999) the powers of the presidency that Jackson brought to life were constrained not only by the party system but also by the fundamental political doctrine that he espoused: to limit the activities of the national government (pg.127). Jackson also implanted a system of rotation into government, using the president’s power of appointment and removal to replace federal employees for purely partisan reasons said Milkis and Nelson (1999 pg 127). The Indian Removal Act wasn’t a very hard decision for Jackson, he had all the power to make decisions. Andrew used the “spoils system” which basically gave him the right to make any decision because he had all the power. According to Andrist (1963) until Jackson became president, the revealing belief was that the government work force should be stable and politically neutral (pg.126). All of this violated Indian treaties with the federal government, confronted with this fact, president Jackson told the Indians that he was unable to stand by those treaties because nettlesome issues according to Johansen (2000 pg. 85). Jackson made this decision not thinking of how much it …show more content…
79). The United States were growing more and more every year and they needed more land to settle down and farm. According to Mark (2007) on December 7th 1829, congress listened as a clerk read Jacksons official plea to develop a policy of Indian Removal (pg. 52). For the American’s who were moving out west they were able to move west and settle down and start a family, and according to Stewart (2007) to the settlers the Native Americans were simply in the way, they no longer wanted them to remain there (pg. 80). Even though the settlers that were already out there were sharing land and helping each other out. As soon as they heard there was gold and riches on the natives homeland they wanted it all to themselves. Within a few months, on December 19th 1829, the Georgia legislature passes a stature, declaring the laws and constitution of the Cherokee Nation null and void (Johansen, 2000, p. 86). Then Jackson then came up with the Indian Removal Act, which established a process whereby the president could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes who gave up their land to the American settlers (2011 pg.2). Jackson did not really care about what happened to the natives he just