Thomas Andrews

Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. Following the principles outlined by Thomas Jefferson in the Ordinance of 1784, the authors of the Northwest Ordinance spelled out a plan that was subsequently used as the country expanded to the Pacific Us congress passed a ordinance law. Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal…

excruciatingly high. The workers and lower class had absolutely no say in how management was robbing them. The workers knew they deserved acceptable work hours, pay that would allow to live, job security, and more. An influential leader in the mill, Thomas Williamson, was on the Advisory Committee while the strike took place. Williamson believed the…

The Cherokees tried stopping the removal process by pointing at Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia, but Jackson remarked “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” (Kurtz) In 1838 and 1839 as a part of President Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy, the Cherokee Nation was forced to give up their tribal lands east of the Mississippi River, and were relocated in what is now Oklahoma. The journey made was called the Trail of Tears because of the hunger,…

The period between 1800 and 1855 marked an era of expansion in American history including the Louisiana purchase, Mexican acquisition, California, Oregon, and development of the Midwest. This era, however, coexisted with a constant state of conflict and mixed feelings about slavery, reformation of society, and rapidly changing political stances. Most opposition and conflict was hinged at areas and topics the country had not decided to explore until then, including federalist opposition to the…

Manifest Destiny was not benevolent, but an aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others because America spreaded its boundaries over a vast area. The removal of the Indians, possession of Oregon and Texas, as well as the Mexican War, were all results of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was an. aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others due to events similar to the removal of Indians. William Henry Harrison was a congressional delegate from the…

The First Seminole War happened in the years of 1817 to 1818 between the United States and the Seminoles of Florida. The first Seminole War was a punitive journey led by Andrew Jackson into the La Florida, which was a Spanish colony in 1818. Many are under the impression that the United States were responsible for the cause of the war and everything that happened in the war, when in fact both sides were responsible for the war, and both were equally to blame for the consequences of the war.…

civilizing society. Empathy plays a very significant role in public policies but empathy does not always play the role of all good. One of empathy’s darker moments was the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian Removal Act was a law that gave President Andrew Jackson the power to grant unsettled land west of the Mississippi to the Natives in exchange for their ancestral lands. Many Natives agreed to the exchange except the Cherokees. This ultimately led to the tragedy that is now known as the…

was their core value, that is opposing the rule of the president Andrew Jackson. Their hatred for him originates from his victories in 1828 and 1832 in which he shattered their own sibling party, The National Republic Party.…

Americans population is just a fraction and their ways of life have all but disappeared. Many policies and treaties have been broken and led to disappointment for the Native Americans. In the early colonies President George Washington and soon after Thomas Jefferson found the solution for the “Indian problem” was to “civilize” the Indians. With little success of converting the “savages” into…

Thomas Jefferson was a person who had a huge effect on the histories of both The United States and Europe. He was one of the founder of the Declaration of Independence. He affected people in The United States and Europe by his ideas and studies on democracy and freedom. He believed that The United States is a chosen country. Americans are chosen and they are a hope for rest of the world. He believed that freedom of politics and religion are mutually vital and they cannot be divided. According to…