Tour de Georgia

The Native American population has suffered many tragedies at the hands of the United States government from their first interactions through the mid-twentieth century. Government policies concerning American Indians worked in conjunction with the prejudices harbored by the majority of the white population in the United States to suppress Native American liberties and strip them of their cultural identity. These policies gave little to no regard for Native American customs, personal expression,…

The document that I selected to analyze is document 17-4. Document 17-4 was written by In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat, or Chief Joseph, and was written in 1879. The reason as to why the document was written, was because Chief Joseph was explaining himself to the Americans all the things that have been done to him and his tribe both in past and in present in great detail and explaining to the Americans that he and his tribe members are the victims. A historical theme that is related to this document is…

‘Paraguay is also located in the center of South America and is sometimes called Corazon de America (Essential Geography Facts About Paraguay).’ The area of the land is one hundred fifty- seven thousand and forty- seven square miles. Paraguay has plains and low wooded hills. The main river of the country is Rio Paraguay. The temperature of…

such as the French, established trading post along the Ohio River tributaries including the Beaver, Wabash, and the Scioto Rivers, but the Ohio River remained unexplored. The first European to see the Ohio River was Frenchman Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1669. By the 1880s, the Ohio River became an important commercial route, particularly for farmers and manufacturers who sent their crops and finished products to market. It was also a transportation route for families who migrated…

The Sioux Indians came to North America from Asia about 30,000 years ago. The name Sioux actually means “little snake”, which was given to them by the Chippewa Indians. Sioux were nomadic, meaning that they never stayed in one place for an extended period. Typically they followed the pattern of the buffalo, making sure there would be food and clothing wherever they traveled. The Sioux made the mistake of becoming close with the westward thrust of American expansion at a time when the American…

The Forced relocation of Native Americans better known as the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Dawes Act and the Indian new deal of 1924. The U.S policies stated towards Native Americans affected them greatly in the 18th and 19th century but continue to impact their lives today. The Indian removal act of 1830, implemented by President Andrew Jackson was placed to force Native Americans to leave their homelands and settle in the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, in my opinion…

Rome, Georgia is a city in north Georgia. It is in the upper west corner of the state. Rome is near the foot hills of the Appalachian Mountains in Floyd County. Rome received its name because it was built on seven hills with three rivers running through it. That is how it received its name. The hills and rivers, the city reminded the people of Rome, Italy. Before the European settlers came to Rome, it was the home of the Creek and the Cherokee Indians. The land was very fertile and had good…

1830, east of the Mississippi, you are a little Indian boy in the midst of playing with his friends on a nice clear day. Suddenly, white soldiers pour into your territory. Those men abruptly pushed you out of your home along with your family. Amongst the yelling of the white soldiers, you hear gunshots echo through your camp. Fellow tribe members fall to the ground, buried in their desperateness to keep their homes. This was called the Indian Removal Act. However, what was the big reason to…

5 important policies imposed on Native Americans: The Indian Removal Act was passed in the US in 1830 to provide legal grounds for the expulsion of Indians from the states east of the Mississippi River. The law authorized the president to begin negotiations with tribes living within the states to exchange their lands for lands purchased in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase. On February 8, 1887, the US Congress passed the "General Allotment Act". Later, he became widely known as the Dawes Act. The…

In early 1803, Jefferson sent a secret message to congress asking for approximately two thousand five hundred dollars. The money was meant for the Lewis and Clark expedition, to explore what is now the western part of the United States. The reason for making the message secret was to hide what he was really trying to do from his enemies in the Federalist Party. It seems as though Jefferson had no bad intentions behind making the message secret, he was doing it to help the future of America.…