Indian Removal Research Paper

The Indian removal was a conflict between the five civilized tribes, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, and the white settlers. The conflicts between both sides happened for many years but the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830. Some Indian tribes lived in the Louisiana territory, but the five civilized tribes in the American settler territories. The reasons for the tribes to have to move was white settlers wanted more land to have control over.

The Indians view of land is different than the Americans. They saw land as an area that can never be owned by a person or persons. Indians mostly used land ownership as a place for gathering of tribes or as a place for hunting. Americans saw land as an area that can be owned by a person. To Americans if you owned land then you had to utilize it whether that be by cultivating it, clearing it, or improving said land. Along with utilizing land in Americans minds if you really owned land then you must be willing to defend it with your life. Because of Americans different view of land it cause a major problem with the Indians population. Indians population …show more content…
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 already gave the president the power to do pretty much anything with the Indians in order to get them out of their land, but it had to be done in a way to where no harm is caused to the Indians. In his speech he states that he needs to move the savages in order to “end all possible danger.” He says that using the Indians territory will assist the Americans with rapid population growth, power, and wealth. Jackson states that Indians must drop all savage habits and become more civilized. He states that their treaties the government has created a complete understanding of what their true conditions are. He says that a speedy removal is the best, safest way to be rid of all the evil and threat that the Indians tribes