Americus, Georgia

During the Creek War (1813-14), the Maskókî tribes that were in Alabama at the time revolted against the settlers, “the brutal repression and disastrous treaty forced upon them by General Andrew Jackson sent thousands of the most determined warriors and their families migrating southward to take refuge in Spanish Florida.” This of course refers to the First Seminole War (1814-18) when Andrew Jackson was too ambitious at trying to control the Indian problem. While there they merged with the…

My knowledge of Native of Americans was very minimal prior to the class lectures and film. After watching the film, “Wounded Knee” I see the viewpoints of the Natives. Their culture has fought for freedom since the beginning. Protesting in order to be heard by the American government must have been difficult to process. The extent to which they took their protest was a testament to the severity of the problem. For example, they claimed they were holding people hostage, vandalized stores and…

After the civil war ended, White Americans decided upon the expansion across the continent. Although some of the parts were already occupied they went through with it anyways. As they made their way towards the western states of the country, they intruded amongst the Native Americans. Throughout this process the Americans crushed the Native Americans as they created a wavering policy towards them. The first thing the Americans did was force the Natives out their homes and lands. They intruded…

The Cherokee Are People Too In the book The Cherokee Removal, the author argued that most of the Americans did not want the Cherokee nation to be considered equal and wanted them removed. The American people tormented the Cherokees and tried to break their spirits. The Americans thought that if the Cherokee people could be dispossessed, that they would have agreed to the removal (Purdue, 84). The Americans disrespected them and made laws that harassed them. White people moved onto their land…

Sherman's Savannah campaign, as well as his march through the Carolinas, was one of the most momentous, and controversial campaigns of the latter part of the American civil war. Some historians, and individuals would argue that this campaign was nothing more than a mere military operation that brought about the abeyance of the Confederacy’s military capabilities, and the weakening of the morale of the citizenry of the southern states. Consequently, this group argues that Sherman’s March to the…

Dade’s Massacre Government policy of Indian removal would be seen by the American people as not only reasonable but essential to the interest of America. President Monroe has stated flatly that they should be removed or concentrated within narrow limits so that those slaves trying to seek sanctuary within the Seminoles territory was against in ever senses the capital investment of slave owners, because the Seminoles just simply saw them as men and women. This made things in the south difficult,…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor, activist, humanitarian, and a great leader for the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His legal name was Michael King and so was his fathers but the reason they changed their names is to honor the great reformer Martin Luther. King made a friend with a white boy when he was six and the father found out and he told his son to never be friends with Martin every again because of his color. King fell into…

Osiyo! Thats hello in cherokee. I’m Adahy nice to meet you. I’m 10 years old and a boy. I live in western North Carolina, but my relatives used to live in the more southern states til they got forced on the Trail Of Tears by Andrew Jackson’s troops. That wasn’t fair. The Cherokee brought the situation to supreme court and the judge was on their side. Andrew Jackson was greedy for land and didn’t listen to the judge . He still sent the native americans on the Trail Of Tears. I really don’t…

Indian Removal: Is it justified? The Act of Removal of the Cherokee Indians was a rough era in history. The Removal of the Indians happened because the citizens of Georgia wanted to mine on their land. The Cherokee Indians had refused to let them mine on their land because the land belonged to the legally and they were not going to let some strangers come and take their land away from them. How would you like it if someone came into your house and told you to leave? I don't think that you…

In the summer of 1990 a standoff that would reside for 78 days between the Mohawk and the city of Oka, Québec. This standoff was to settle a land dispute to expand a golf course and develop residence condominiums over disputed land including a Mohawk burial ground. Many factors in both history and during the time of the crisis enflamed this land dispute into a veritable standoff. The controversy behind this dispute is “Who is right?” and … The Oka Crisis was not a land dispute that arose from…