War Of 1812 Consequences

The War of 1812 is often described as a second war for independence from England; it would make the United States a truly independent nation. The war resulted in the succession of the United States, but would bring forth repercussions. One example of these consequences was the grim lives of the Native Americans following the war. The Indian Removal Act forced Native Americans out of their homes, off their land, and onto reservations. Natives pushed to be recognized and respected as a race, but their efforts proved futile. Foreign relations brought forth a sense of newfound nationalism, which was the immense pride that arose after the war. The treaty of Ghent was an agreement of neutrality that allowed Great Britain and the United States to …show more content…
The journey depicted the brutal action that the government underwent to remove the Cherokee out of their land. Around 4,000 Cherokee Natives died and showed the brutal actions that the United States took to strip the Natives of the ancestral land (Stockdale 2). The natives were seen as being uncivilized beings who were known as just being “hunters” or “savages” although they were able to prove otherwise by creating their own indigenous language and culture with neighboring Natives near the Mississippi River (“Indian Removal Act 1830” 1). The Removal Act promised to secure the lives of Native Americans, but further caused many to undergo an arduous journey to Oklahoma, stripping them of their ancestral land and causing them to lose many of their people. The Natives fought back with their attempts to stop westward expansion and ultimately showed their devastation as a race by their countless efforts of fighting back the land and people they lost (Stockdale