Jefferson's views of westward expansion and Native Americans
Jefferson considered Westward expansion as the answer to the country’s health. He reckoned that a republic’s survival was dependent on a sovereign, upright citizenry and that virtue and independence went in tandem with land ownership. He esteemed the country’s expansion as the best means to uphold this ideal of a virtuous populace as this was the only way to provide the citizenry with enough land. Jefferson associated land ownership, farming and Westward migration with freedom.
Jefferson viewed the natives as people of intellectual inquisitiveness and politically as associates in peace or adversaries in war. As such, he deemed that the only way to use their intellect was to incorporate
Jefferson considered Westward expansion as the answer to the country’s health. He reckoned that a republic’s survival was dependent on a sovereign, upright citizenry and that virtue and independence went in tandem with land ownership. He esteemed the country’s expansion as the best means to uphold this ideal of a virtuous populace as this was the only way to provide the citizenry with enough land. Jefferson associated land ownership, farming and Westward migration with freedom.
Jefferson viewed the natives as people of intellectual inquisitiveness and politically as associates in peace or adversaries in war. As such, he deemed that the only way to use their intellect was to incorporate