So Many Tears

Another aspect showing the tenacity of the American settlers was the exploitation of natural resources. Everything from gold to lumber was harvested. The settlers and miners endured harsh conditions, but fought through them to be able to exploit the many riches of the West (Text Pgs. 499-500). Turner's sentiment regarding the Europeans “taming” the wilderness that is America, was similar to how white Americans treated Native Americans. Americans were similar to the Europeans, in that they…

Removal Act of 1830 gave the government the right to use the force of soldiers to concentrate the Cherokees into camps. One of every four Cherokees died during the long winter trek from cold, hunger, or disease. This march was called the Trail of Tears. Native American tribes from the south and north also moved west to the internment camps and the issued land. If the Native Americans resisted this intrusion of their way of life, they were punished by the superior-armed soldiers who were there to…

The Cherokee were one of the largest Native American tribes who settled in the Southeast portion of the United States. The tribe came from Iroquoian descent. They had originally been from the Great Lakes region of the country, but eventually settled down closer to the east coast including Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and the Virginias. They were a strong tribe with several smaller sections, all being lead by chiefs. The Cherokee nation prided themselves on being polite and…

experiencing acculturation changes so much that it is hardly distinguishable from a more dominant one. So a specific group will decide if its culture will enter another society and follow their rules or keep their own. Reference: https://www.coursehero.com/file/11177976/w1Assimilation-2/ What were you most surprised to learn from the film? The Native Americans secrecy surprised me to no degree. The way the Indians believed in things and the way the carry themselves so humble…

remembered as an attempt by the European pioneers to finish off the the cultural group of the natives, which lasted until the mid-20th century. The aim of the plan was to force the Indians to abandon their own culture, religion and the way they lived so that they would accept the European culture, the christian religion and the agricultural lifestyle. Andrew Jackson, the president of the time, signed the law that required Native Americans to move away from their homelands in the east to the…

Westward Expansion to what it is today; sure some politicians and others like Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Sam Houston all contributed to the push for Westward Expansion. Jackson’s push to Westward Expansion was on the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was Jackson’s Indian removal policy to push the Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi River to present day Oklahoma. James K. Polk and Sam Houston was both apart of the same conflict on the Mexican -…

The trail of tears was the hardest time for Native Americans during the Westward Expansion. Native Americans were removed from the Eastern and Central United States just to cross hundreds of miles to Oklahoma. Americans knew that since the Native Americans were in ‘their’ territory, they had the right to claim it from them. The Government had two choices to claim the territory from the Native Americans, either kill them off or move them to a different part of the state. In the end, President…

For several years, the idea of people coming over to a previously uninhabited land full of new rewards brought thousands of immigrants to the frontier lands. With this notion of moving west, many politicians acclaimed that this was America’s right to conquer from Atlantic to Pacific and that it was justifiable by Manifest Destiny. In addition to the influx of immigrants causing a population boom, new technologies stimulated improved communications and transportation that brought several more…

Jefferson's views of westward expansion and Native Americans Jefferson considered Westward expansion as the answer to the country’s health. He reckoned that a republic’s survival was dependent on a sovereign, upright citizenry and that virtue and independence went in tandem with land ownership. He esteemed the country’s expansion as the best means to uphold this ideal of a virtuous populace as this was the only way to provide the citizenry with enough land. Jefferson associated land ownership,…

Star and Evening Star gave birth to the first Pawnee woman. The first Pawnee man was the child of the Moon and the Sun joining. They planted their crops according to the position of the stars, which would need to be the correct timing per season. Like many tribal bands, they sacrificed maize and other crops to the stars. They believed that when a person died their bodies would carried toarrana which is one of their gods. In Conclusion, the Pawnee where located mostly in the south and east…