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journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The Trail of Tears was trail that consisted of a 1,000 miles that the Native Americans were forced to march on. The trail passes through the present day states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Can people visit the Trail of Tears? Yes, there are places set up for visiting the Trail of Tears. People can see campsites, some of the gravesites, forts such as Fort…

Topic and Research Question Topic: For my historical event analysis, I have chosen to focus on The Cherokee "Trail of Tears" Research Question: How the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affected the Cherokee? Preliminary Writing Plan Introduction The historical analysis focuses on the topic is “The Cherokee Trail of Tears”; the topic is about a historical event that caused suffering and death of one of the tribes that are native in America. The Cherokee are among the Creeks, the Chickasaw, the…

Chief John Ross had a valid and undeniably strong argument against the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. He argues that treaty “is a fraud upon the government of the United States and an act of oppression on the Cherokee people” (John Ross’s Letter). He states that the Cherokee people, which was over 15,000 people, would never had agreed to the treaty and the treaty was made wrongfully. He argues that there should be another meeting and the Cherokee people should be equally consulted. John…

When I was 18 I was forced out of my house, my village, my island. Lian Yu was my home for 18 years before I was forced to leave. My island was run by soldiers controlled by the corrupt government. We were heavily watched and had no connection to the outside world. It had been 5 years without a mother or a sister, my sister committed suicide because she couldn’t handle the burden of life, and my mother passed from a sickness she had received when working. Lian Yu was a difficult island to live…

Injustice reaches all corners of the earth no matter the generation or content. Leaders such as Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., have placed their life on the line preaching the importance of fighting injustices that affected oppressed communities across the globe. In the case of Dr. King, his courageously fought for racial equality and basic civil right for black Americans in the 50’s and 60’s through the use of non-violent tactics, such as sit in, boycotts and peaceful protest . Despite the praises…

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 showing and guiding the way for explorers, the Native Americans have a long history in our past dating back hundreds and hundreds of years. All of…

William Nester, The age of Jackson and the Art Power 1815-1848. Dulles Virginia: Potomac Books, 1956. The age of Jackson although I felt as if it was a hard book to spot the main argument it was an overall good read and interesting. This book really dives into the life of Jackson and tells him from birth to death. I feel as if Nesters argument was just showing the way at which Jackson personified the era and, as he stated on page 2, was the titan if the thirty-three years from 1815 to 1845 and…

Worcester vs. Georgia. This case and the results of it turned out to be a major step forward for the Native Americans fighting for their rights and freedom during this time. There were many events leading up to the Supreme Court case, Worcester vs. Georgia. A very influential event that contributed to the madness occurred in 1830 when legislation…

The Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles, referred to as the "Five Civilized Tribes", occupied land in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. They ultimately stood in the way of the expansion into the neighboring states. “And be it further enacted, That if, upon any of the lands now occupied by the Indians, and to be exchanged for, there should be such…

Memorial of the Cherokee Nation is about the plight of the Cherokee Indians in the 1830s. Beginning after the War of 1812 when the white men were moving south in to states such as Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, five civilized Indian nations occupied these states and the Cherokees in particular were located in Georgia. This land was prime for growing cotton and the white farmers wanted the Indians off of the land so they could prosper from cotton growing. There were federal treaties in…