“Inskeep, Steve. Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab. Penguin Group USA, 2016” In Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep talks about the different states and different territories that were divided by the “white men “and American Indians own concepts of democracy. Inskeep interlaces together the stories of Andrew Jackson a general, president and author of the Indian removal and John Ross chief of the Cherokee. Throughout this book Inskeep shows how far both men would go to accomplish their goals and leave their legacy. “Jacksonland “showed the two sides of power and the outcome of the territorial struggle. “Each man rose to supreme leadership of his nation, and struggled for control of million
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Jackson accepted the help of friendly native Americans and the Cherokee Regiment which included John Ross, “…and from the moment he enrolled, his destiny and Jackson’s were linked”, (Inskeep, 5). Jackson and Ross’s relationship evolved with many disagreements of their actions. Especially when Andrew Jackson and John Ross would start as friends and partners during the beginning of their alliance but Andrew ended up betraying Ross in the end due to his presidency power and his desperation to grow and expand the United Sates. Ross disagreed with Jackson throughout the years of the removal debate, the Trail of Tears trek from the Cherokee Homelands, and the rebuilding of the nation. Andrew Jackson left a big imprint upon America, he is best known for being the author of the Indian Removal act of 1830. This bill permitted the removal of native Americas from their homelands. John ross tried and failed to restore political unity, he tried to stop "Trail of Tears but failed “About one-fourth of the Cherokee forced to move died along the trail.” Once he became a Cherokee leader it would have been politically awkward to admit that he ever had a chance to assume a different alliance. But in pondering his eventual stand on the Cherokee side of the line, it is worth considering the cumulative effect of Ross’s experiences “, (Inskeep,
Jackson accepted the help of friendly native Americans and the Cherokee Regiment which included John Ross, “…and from the moment he enrolled, his destiny and Jackson’s were linked”, (Inskeep, 5). Jackson and Ross’s relationship evolved with many disagreements of their actions. Especially when Andrew Jackson and John Ross would start as friends and partners during the beginning of their alliance but Andrew ended up betraying Ross in the end due to his presidency power and his desperation to grow and expand the United Sates. Ross disagreed with Jackson throughout the years of the removal debate, the Trail of Tears trek from the Cherokee Homelands, and the rebuilding of the nation. Andrew Jackson left a big imprint upon America, he is best known for being the author of the Indian Removal act of 1830. This bill permitted the removal of native Americas from their homelands. John ross tried and failed to restore political unity, he tried to stop "Trail of Tears but failed “About one-fourth of the Cherokee forced to move died along the trail.” Once he became a Cherokee leader it would have been politically awkward to admit that he ever had a chance to assume a different alliance. But in pondering his eventual stand on the Cherokee side of the line, it is worth considering the cumulative effect of Ross’s experiences “, (Inskeep,