Nineteenth-century populists could be seen as heirs of these Jacksonian Democrats. Both the democrats and the populists shared many of the same ideas with respect to overall objectives and specific proposals for reform. Jacksonian Democrats sought a greater amount of democracy in American government, mostly white males having the right to vote, and believed heavily in the spoils system,("To the victor belong the spoils"). Jackson established the spoils system to reform the government by removing some federal officeholders. Also, he gave elected officials the right to choose their own followers to public office.
Tensions were rising between the colonists and the Indians, the people were facing very hard economic times and were looking for a way out. The colonists found their scapegoat in the form of the local Indians. The trouble began in 1675 with a raid by the Doeg Indians on the plantation of Thomas Mathews, located in the Northern Neck section of Virginia near the Potomac River. Several of the Doegs were killed in the raid, which began in a dispute over the nonpayment of some items Mathews had apparently obtained from the tribe. Things got much worse when the colonists struck back, but they attacked the wrong Indians, the Susquehanaugs, which caused a large amount of Indian raids to start.
Economically, he dominated the economic structure for his beliefs in the Bank of America being run by the wealthy. The Jacksonian Democrats were, to some extent, champions of the Constitution, democracy, liberty, and equality; in other ways, Jackson and his followers clearly failed to live up to their ideals. Certainly, many common working people were satisfied with Jackson's attempts to protect their equality of economic opportunity from the rich during the age of the market revolution. They believed that Jackson was a true success for the common man as is evident in 'The Working Men's Declaration of Independence" of 1829 (Doc. A).
It is hard to understand how we are unable to relate to Native Americans and understand the point they are making when disapproving of their name as mascots. It is also very hard to understand how we pride ourselves on being a “Melting Pot,” country yet, we do not accept and respect the beliefs of the people who were here before us. The war with Native Americans from the beginning has been about respect. And with this debate they are still fighting for the same respect in a different way. Any person out there would be frustrated if their name was taken, and used as a Mascot, with no prior knowledge of who they are, and their beliefs.
One of those things was to take complete control of all the land. They continued to expand their land into areas that were still inhabited by Indians. For a while, Englishmen tried soft tactics, but since Indians were not willing to give up their lands easily, the answer became annihilation. Englishmen’s views concluded that Indians were savages, and they had no right to own or exist on lands that God had given to the white men. Indians throughout were forced to surrender their lands, and although they put up resistance, it was not enough to stop settlers’ expansion and the Indian’s lands were violently taken, and many were killed in the process.
How was the idea of social Darwinism applied by the elitist class to justify their collective wealth? Darwin’s theory was used as a ploy to justify dividing society by sex and race. Social Darwinism exerted a profound effect upon America’s social ideology and had a great impact in the American views of life. The Elitist class concluded that there are two types of race from which society comes from; the “Superior” and the “Inferior”. They formed the opinion that the superior races were hard working individuals that survive and flourish within the society.
To the Native Americans there was nothing more important than Family and Land. They would rather die than be without either one of these. Lepore made mention of this after Philip’s wife and child were taken from him and they found him shortly after and executed him. And after the chief leader of the Native Americans was killed the war was over. The Native Americans felt threatened for their land by the colonists.
The Indian Department policy started in the late 1830’as a re-establishment of the Indian Department policy, which ended up lasting until the 1970’s with some modifications. This did massive damage to the relationship between the First Nations and the white people. Up to the time when Queen Victoria died in 1901, the white people had systematically attacked Native identity, education, governance, and spiritual practices. Although the First Nations were treated so poorly, they still had a feeling Victoria would watch over them as their children and make sure nothing got to
Even with the concessions that the government made to the Native people, the fact is that they have been put through hell and they were initially and continue to be targeted for extinction in one way or another. The intended death and destruction of a people just because they are of a certain origin or ethnic background does fall under the definition of genocide. The fact is that most of white America is in denial of this term “genocide” and the idea that this continues to haunt the Native Americans of today. Is it a question of being too proud to admit that the whites could actually be this cruel and wrong and make such a mistake? I don’t think that the white man will ever own up to this
1 A GLIMPSE AT THE REAL AMERICAN INDIANS A Glimpse at the Real American Indians 2 The Wampanoags and Cherokee suffered a great deal and forcefully sacrificed their country to what now is America today. As Americans we need to understand this unnecessary pain and suffering to the American Indians. The King Philips War was the bloodiest conflict in American history. I truly believe this war proves just how sick and tired the American Indians were of the Europeans and the way they were being treated by them. There had already been so much war and fighting between the American Indians and Europeans.