The first reason that lead the United States Government to the removal of The Five Civilized Tribes was land treaties for eventual cotton farms and slave plantations. Andrew Jackson would encourage white squatters to move into the southern Indians land. Jackson then forced the Indians to cede the land to the white men or be wiped out. Jackson wanted the land for eventual slave and cotton plantations: “These treaties, these land grabs laid the basis for the cotton kingdom, the slave plantations”(129). Jackson wanted as much land for farming as possible so that he could take advantage of the booming market of cotton. In order for Andrew Jackson to get the Creeks and other Indians to agree to the treaties he would promise security in a different
Jackson supported the white men who wanted to see this plan through, because the Indians land was very valuable. They felt they had a legal right to their land, so the Cherokee Indians took Andrew Jackson to court. The case made it all the way to the Supreme Court. Even though the Supreme court had ruled that the Cherokees had a legal right to stay on their land in Worcester v. Georgia, but Jackson still forced them out of their land. The law required the government to negotiate removal treaties fairly, voluntarily and peacefully, which Jackson did not even attempt to
Jackson was a democratic republican who was voted into office in 1828. During the election against john quincy adams , he appealed to the people through the common man. Because he was born in North Carolina , he presented many ideas that would benefit the common man. He also used the spoil system in order to gain supporters. The spoil system enabled people to get a position in government as long as they voted for him.
In 1814, Andrew Jackson, now a Major General, led an expedition against the Creek Indians in what is now Alabama near the Georgia border. The Creeks were easily defeated and were forced to sign a treaty that surrendered over twenty-million acres of their land to the United States (about half of what is now Alabama). General Jackson then led a campaign of Indian removal and over the next ten years negotiating nine of the eleven major removal treaties. With the intense military might and many easy victories, white people started to believe that the land belonged to them and not the Indians. The white people wanted the Indians’ land because it was fertile land for farming and had gold deposits for money. .
The authors of each article tackle the daunting task of representing the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, and president Andrew Jacksons approach, appropriately while also including their own personal opinions. They also must back up their points with fact and reason. Each author has a unique opinion compared to the others, and when read all together, provide a better understanding from multiple sides and sources. The question the authors debate is whether Andrew Jackson was justified in his removal of Native Americans by use of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Was he protecting the safety of the Native Americans by moving them, or was he only progressing the agenda of the white man?
President Jackson supported the Indian removal with most of the rest of the nation, which he represented, giving him the opportunity to represent the “average” American citizen in the 1800s. Jackson called for the removal of Indians because he, along with the majority of the nation, wanted the United States population to be all white. “One more step toward making the United States a white man’s country.” He wanted more land for the population of the United States to take over, which happened to be the
The original relationship with the Indians was positive, but more was happening than what was on the surface. The Indians were being manipulated from the beginning, and given less than what was taken from them. It was believed that Indians should have the right to their own nation, and should not have their rights taken away from them. (Document B) However, at the time of Washington’s Administration after the war, The Indians were given less than half the land they had before American Independence through the treaty of Holston.
Furthermore, President Andrew Jackson felt so passionately about owning land that he was willing to forcibly remove the indigenous people from their natural land. In his address to congress on The Indian Removal Act he writes, “. By opening the whole territory between Tennessee on the north and Louisiana on the south to the settlement of the whites it will incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render the adjacent States strong enough to repel future invasions without remote aid. It will relieve the whole State of Mississippi and the western part of Alabama of Indian occupancy, and enable those States to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power”. This captures the idea that by obtaining land Americans will be doing a greater deed than ridding the country of the “savage” Native Americans.
Andrew Jackson caused the death of 12,290 Indians during Indian removal. Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States of America and a former general during the War of 1812.He quickly rose to power by being the “voice of the common man” he had 11 children and a wife yet he also signed one of the most conservation act ever the Indian Removal Act. Andrew Jackson shouldn 't be allowed to be on our money because he caused the death of tens of thousands of Indians and violates the constitution.
Because of that Jackson believed that they could be removed with violence. Andrew Jackson was a good president even though he did not respect the indians. The people also believed that he could defend them, since he was a general in the Battle of New Orleans. He made a courteous society instead of crooked democrats. Jackson was distinguished as a "true American" when he was a candidate for president.
Andrew Jackson was elected to be the 7th president of the United States during 1828. Andrew got rid of the Bank of America and forced the migration of Native Americans, otherwise known as Indians. Andrew Jackson was famous for many things one being his military work, but also creating the Indian Removal Act. President Jackson had a tough life, being left with the death of his family at age 14 he had to mature at an early age. After getting a law degree in 1787 afterwards moved to Nashville and became a wealthy landowner.
So he sent them a message saying they needed to move or they would have difficulties. In the message he also uses the condition of the Creeks as a threat all so saying their men are committing depredations to the white citizens and they are making blood shed. Andrew Jackson uses many threats to the Cherokee but making it sound like they are
Jackson proposed this bill because he wanted to relocate the Indians, specifically the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole, to the west side of the Mississippi River. Jackson referred to the Indians as “savages” and talked very derogatory of them. However, a scheme was pitched between the United States and the Indians. In exchange, the Indians would give the United States their land, and the United States would give the Indians land west of the Mississippi River.
The Indian Removal Act authorized Jackson to give the Indians land west of the Mississippi in exchange for their land in the states, but could not force them to leave. He violated and broke commitments that he even negotiated with them. He tried to bribe the Indians and even threatened some of them. Alfred Cave organizes his article thematically and is trying to prove
I was very displeased by the information I learned this week. Native Americans, being the true residents of America, have been treated terribly throughout history. From the enslaving of innocent Native American tribes to receiving low value land, American Indians have not received respect or compassion. The pretentious white men who took over when “discovering” America completely destroyed many Native cultures and beliefs due to selfishness and ignorance.
The government tried to force assimilation on Native Americans as well as an attempt to “kill the indian, save the man.” These ideas and policies are similar to those popular during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Jackson developed a sense of ‘paternalism’ towards indians and believed he was saving them by forcing them to live out west of the Mississippi river away from white culture. The difference was that Jackson did not believe in assimilation of indians into white culture, he believed they should be kept separate. With the help of the Federal government removing indians from land west of the Mississippi, Americans were