The Indian Removal: A Policy During The 19th Century

The Indian Removal was a policy created during the 19th century by the government of the United States. It is remembered as an attempt by the European pioneers to finish off the the cultural group of the natives, which lasted until the mid-20th century. The aim of the plan was to force the Indians to abandon their own culture, religion and the way they lived so that they would accept the European culture, the christian religion and the agricultural lifestyle.
Andrew Jackson, the president of the time, signed the law that required Native Americans to move away from their homelands in the east to the Indian Territory located in the west side of the Mississipi river the 28th of May, 1830. The Choctaw tribe were the first ones to sign a treat