People usually don't like to bring out the past of the United States and how it was founded. Most of the time we could Imagine stuff like; Thanks Giving taking place, Christopher Columbus, or freedom . The thing is that we all like to forget how our nation was founded and expanded. If someone so prideful of America was telling you how we sailed to America. What would be the chances they would go into much detail about how we killed, and shoved Indians out of their own land? Not highly.. This brings me to the question of whether the way America was founded was constitutional, and if it was or not. Was the process at least moral, or justified? If not; How did immoral action taken effect the Indians as well as the Colonist? he Trail of Tears
…show more content…
After thousands of signatures were signed on a petition declaring that the petition was not representative of the entire Cherokee people it did not stop the treaty from being ratified. The treaty was passed on May, 23 in 1836 and still forced them to move westward to Oklahoma. Some Indians believed that they wouldn't enforce the treaty after they had done nothing for a couple of months; So some that hadn't already left had stayed.John Ross was a half blood Cherokee Indian that was educated. John Ross had visited Washington many different time between the two years from which the treaty had been ratified. He had talked to the new president, Martin Van Buren. John Ross believed that it was better a new president had taken over; Because they believe that the chances they could change something, would be greater with this new president. This was not the case, Martin Van Buren had went forward with the decision , and enforced the treaty. After the new President Martin Can Buren had chose to go forward with the decision he had ordered Major General Winfield Scott to remove any of the Indians who had not already left the land. As Scott Winfield led the charge it was very surprising to find out that mobs of people were actually following his soldiers, and looting from the graves, and the houses of the Indians left behind. (Brill, Marlene Targ, 43) As for those who had signed the Treat of Echota they were killed later by the Cherokees for the burden they had
After thousands of signatures were signed on a petition declaring that the petition was not representative of the entire Cherokee people it did not stop the treaty from being ratified. The treaty was passed on May, 23 in 1836 and still forced them to move westward to Oklahoma. Some Indians believed that they wouldn't enforce the treaty after they had done nothing for a couple of months; So some that hadn't already left had stayed.John Ross was a half blood Cherokee Indian that was educated. John Ross had visited Washington many different time between the two years from which the treaty had been ratified. He had talked to the new president, Martin Van Buren. John Ross believed that it was better a new president had taken over; Because they believe that the chances they could change something, would be greater with this new president. This was not the case, Martin Van Buren had went forward with the decision , and enforced the treaty. After the new President Martin Can Buren had chose to go forward with the decision he had ordered Major General Winfield Scott to remove any of the Indians who had not already left the land. As Scott Winfield led the charge it was very surprising to find out that mobs of people were actually following his soldiers, and looting from the graves, and the houses of the Indians left behind. (Brill, Marlene Targ, 43) As for those who had signed the Treat of Echota they were killed later by the Cherokees for the burden they had