Chickasaw

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was a prominent political figure in early 19th century America. In contrast to the presidents who preceded him, he was a “self-made man,” growing up in the underdeveloped backwoods territory of the Carolinas and receiving little formal academic instruction beyond his primary education in local schools. He was the first president to truly be a common man; his antecedents had all come from wealthy families along the east coast and were…

Americans to be removed from the Southeast states of Georgia, Mississippi, & Alabama and moved west of the Mississippi River after gold was found on Cherokee land in Georgia. Some of the major tribes that were affected were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek tribes. "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that...to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." (Doc 1) When Jackson said his inauguration, he says that he will, “preserve.” When he…

Early Days 1720-1865, Early History of Mississippi Early settlers of Southwestern Mississippi would write back home and would write about the abundance of this new place. One Mississippi immigrant described his new home as “a wide empty country with a soil that yields such noble crops that any man is sure to succeed.” Another new settler wrote to family back in Maryland that “the crops [here] are certain… and abundance spreads the table of the poor man and contentment smiles on every…

The iconic past president of the Society for Historians of the and Progressive and immigration era Roger Daniels, shares his thoughts on these subjects in his novel “Not Like Us”. In this Narrative he reveals the hostile conditions that were greeted by immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans, during 1890 – 1924 where the United States was experiencing it epitome of immigration, with over than 20 million immigrants flowing into the US borders. “Not like us” expresses how the…

One American’s Story: • A Cherokee named Sequoya invented the Cherokee language writing system with 86 characters. The Cherokee quickly learned to read and write, and published many writing pieces. • Sequoya hoped this language would help Native Americans share land and power with whites and keep their freedom, but sadly his plan failed. Native Americans in the Southeast: • Since the 1600s, whites wanted Native Americans to move, yet there were still many in the East in the 1800s. • Many whites…

Colonization was a time a disagreement, and independence was still an issue, for example, the Seven Years War. However, exploration was still very prevalent for new lands, and Native woman Sacajawea played an impressive part in that. Nevertheless, disagreements also formed between the Indian nations and the colonists such as the Indian Removal Act and the case of Cherokee Nation versus Georgia which included tribes all over like the five civilized tribes. From being forced off their land to…

There are different interpretation about manifest destiny today, many people define Manifest Destiny was a 19th century doctrine that the united states had the right and duty to expand through out the North American Territory. John O'sullivan defined manifest destiny as the divine and God given right of the American people to expand through the lands. I'll be defining Manifest destiny differently, Manifest destiny to me was/is the greedy want for resources, economical wealth, and land which…

Observation 1 Grade/Subject: 10th Grade English Topic: Short Story Objective: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to identify he essential elements of a story. As I entered the classroom, the teacher was beginning her bell ringer. After about five minutes the teacher began to review the bell ringer with the students. The teacher smoothly transition from the bell ringer into her prior review. The students where excited and engaged in the lesson. The teacher’s daily agenda…

necessary to clear the forests and drain the swamps in the south to cultivate new lands for cotton crops. Native Americans were affected by this expansion, and the Indian removal act of 1830 led to the Cherokee, Seminole, choco taco, creek, and Chickasaw being moved to Indian territory in OK. The Cherokee also utilized slaves in OK, and the economy they created there resulted in 7,000 slaves by 1860, from 700,000 to 4 million. Some areas in the south did not have such large populations of slaves…

Chapter1- This chapter is about the role of deculturalization of different groups. The Romans believe that those who didn’t live by the Roman laws was less than human. Roman wanted Nature Americans to live by their culture and morals; they wanted them to live behind all these beliefs. Christianity was the way. The 1517 Protestant Reformation mark a change for Europeans religiously. Roman Catholic came about doing this time period. Many English Protestant believed that Catholic believer were…