Summary: In this policy paper, I will be discussing the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its implications on the Cherokee Tribe. Although the Indian removal Act of 1830 affected not only the Cherokee Tribe in the southeast part of the United States, but for this paper, I will be discussing how the Indian Removal Act affected the Cherokee Tribe. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government.
While some groups favored escaping white harassment through resettlement, many more opposed the idea of leaving their ancestral homes. Their desire to stay was reinforced by the unhappy experiences of small groups of Cherokees, Delawares, Shawnees, and others who had accepted a land exchange and gone westward between 1785 and 1800. After the War of 1812 and the elimination of the British as a potential ally, Indian removal became a basic item in virtually all treaties with Native groups. In 1817 John C. Calhoun, a strong advocate of Indian removal, was named secretary of war by James Monroe. Calhoun joined forces with the war hero Andrew Jackson and Lewis Cass, governor of Michigan Territory, to urge formal adoption of a removal
- Prior to the 1760s, the British did not appreciate the values of a coordinated NA policy. - Spanish relied upon the construction of mission and presidios to maintain their presence in California and discourage Russian expansion. Father Junepiro Serra. Sec 7: Battle for the Continent - Also known as the Seven Years War and the French and Indian War. In France, Canada, and Britain its called the Seven Years Wars.
The Indian Removal Act was also very controversial, while Native American removal, in theory, was voluntary. In reality, vast amounts of pressure were put on Native American leaders to sign removal treaties. Most observers’ weather they were in favor of the policy or not, were aware that the passage of the act would mean the inevitable removal of most Indians from the state. From 1820 to 1824, Jackson was instrumental in negotiating 11 treaties; which deprived the eastern tribes of their land in exchange for land in the west. As a result of the treaties, the United States gained control of over three-quarters of Alabama, and Florida, as well as parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
They began to remove the Indians on the accusation that the Native Americans did not respect "the power of the United States of America” (E) President Andrew Jackson stated, "We bleed our enemies in such cases to give them their senses" (E). He called them enemies and felt justified to remove them. In 1790, most of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains was unsettled but after the War of 1812, there was a great increase in population (A). The increase was due to the conquest of Indian land by the U. S. Army. In 1794, the U. S. Army defeated the Shawnee, Wyandot, and other Native American tribes at the battle of Fallen Timbers in northwestern Ohio.
Many people that read “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” became abolitionist and helped fight against slavery. There were other factors to the beginning of the civil war such as Dread Scott Case in 1857. When the Supreme Courts ruled that all slaves were property and they could be taken anywhere no matter the 36-30 line. Other factors were John Brown raid and Bleeding Kansas. Both angered the southern states closer to secession.
Johns father also believed that slaving African Americans was wrong and he also was accused of forcibly freeing slaves in 1798. When Brown became older he showed no interest in joining the militia and he’d rather pay a fine then join the military. In 1820 Brown married Dianthe Lusk, they had seven children when they were together with each other. She suffered mental illness along with Johns mother and other relatives all of which affected his sons later on in their life. Dianthe died in 1832 and within a year he
The proclamation of 1763 was created to prohibit settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. . It required that all lands within the "Indian territory" occupied by Englishmen were to be abandoned. It included a list of prohibited activities, provided for enforcement of the new laws, and indicted unnamed persons for fraudulent practices in acquiring lands from the Indians in times past. In document B, it states “we knew our lands are not become more valuable, we are not well used with respect to the lands still unsold by us.
With the French defeat in the French and Indian War (1754–63), Indians west of the Appalachians found their survival threatened because they could no longer play off the French against the English. Aware that the presence of only one European power in their vicinity meant that the old trade system had broken down, in 1763 the Ottawa Chief Pontiac rallied many groups formerly allied with the French in an effort to oust the English from the Ohio Valley. Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–66), although relatively successful in cementing a pan‐Indian alliance, ultimately failed. The English government tried to achieve peace in 1763 by a royal proclamation separating Indians and English settlers at the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. While the proclamation's promise that all land west of he Appalachians would be reserved for the Indians weakened Pontiac's alliance, it did nothing to lessen Euro‐American pressures on Indian land, as American traders, squatters, and speculators flowed unchecked into the Ohio
That we describe the practitioners of such brutality as ‘heroes’ can only be described as shameful. Seemingly the next step in any treaty made with Native American groups was the destructive decision to void it by the Americans. As early as 1830, the Indian Removal Act, which removed natives to ‘Indian Territory’ west of the Mississippi River, stated that the President would “forever secure and guaranty” this land to the natives. Forever turned out to be roughly 77 years as