Cleveland Indians

In the 1820s and 1830s, the Cherokees had to figure out whether they would stay or leave from their land in Georgia because the United States wanted Cherokee land. Historians today still debate about whether the Cherokees should have stayed or left. Cherokee representatives believed that the United States will let them stay, while Boudinot believed that they should leave otherwise the United States would force them out in a violent way. One reason why removal offered the best chance for Cherokee…

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…

including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks, to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s. The Indian removal act was passed by congress and signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The law was approved by the president to negotiate with the Indian tribes in the southern united states for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. In 1814…

wanted to move the Indians to distant western lands but he wanted their homelands in the East. This thought became very popular and in 1830’s so the Congress finally passed an Indian Removal Bill. What the bill was about is moving Indians westward. Although they passed the Indian Removal Bill they were upholding the Treaty of Hopewell. This treaty is the government agreeing to protect the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation’s land in the southern part of the United states. The Indians thought that…

The French and Indian War had begun in 1754 because of a boundary dispute between the French and the British. The French argued that the British had settled along the Ohio Valley that was located in their territory, thus resulting in a brutal event that is also known as the Seven Years’ War. The relationship between Britain and its North American Colonies was modified due to the French and Indian War because of the land acquisitions and economy that forever changed the way they communicated and…

The free world has deep roots in civil disobedience. From Nelson Mandela in South Africa to the Keystone Pipeline in North Dakota, the planet as a whole has its heart in civil disobedience. The world is consistently changing, being pushed forward constantly. Governments change all the time, as do their country’s cultures and laws. Some may find themselves in opposition to a law deciding it is undeserving of their compliance. Civil disobedience is part of the process and progression of our world…

When the white settlers first came to America they were looking for gold and a better life. They were not the first habitants of the land. The Natives, who were there first, in many cases help the settlers by showing them how to hunt, how to survive the weather, showing them new types of crops like corn, squash, potatoes, use plants as medicine. The natives and the white settlers lived around each other and even adopt some of each other cultures. The Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks and…

slaughtered large quantities of men women and children. He showed his stance against the british empire without use of violence or force. While living in africa Gandhi was raised worshiping the god Vishnu and following the Jainism way, an old rigorous indian religion, which taught him about fasting, being a vegetarian, meditation, and non-violence. From…

government. However one policy is particular was blatantly racist, this was his Indian policy. On May 28th, 1830 the Indian Removal Act was signed by President Jackson. This act granted him the power to give land west of the Missipppi River in exchange for Indian land. (Primary Documents) When the Cherokee Indians refused to relocate, the United States government forcibly removed them. After approximately 4,000 Indians died on this forced march, it was aptly named “The Trail of Tears”. (Primary…

This afternoon, we have the opportunity to hear one of the most innovative and visionary leaders in the history of our world. The leader to peace, and the father of India’s nation, Mahatma Ghandi. Through nonviolent civil disobedience, Ghandi was able to lead India to independence as he controlled the civil rights movement against the British. He surely is insightful when it comes to humanity. All through the road to freedom and peace, all through the struggles and pain, all through the blood…