How Did The Trail Of Tears Affect The Removal Of Native Americans

The Cherokee Removal The Americans of European ancestry often have described Native Americans as primitive, savage, and even and uncivilized. In this this paper I will provide primary evidence that supports what the Americans believed about the Natives, along with their few false accusations. I will also discuss how the Cherokee removal affected the natives during their journey along with afterwards. Before the removal was enforced, an upper class Cherokee, son of a warrior, John Ridge gave details on the Cherokee nation and how they are changing their lifestyles because of Americans.

Between 1830 and 1850, the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, Creek, Seminole and Cherokee peoples were forced to leave their homelands to relocate further west. The Cherokee Nation removal in 1838 (the last forced removal east of the Mississippi) was brought on by the discovery of gold near Dahlonega, Georgia, in 1829, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush.1 During the Trail of Tears (1838-1839), the Cherokee tribes were moved to the Indian Territory, near the Ozarks. They initially settled near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. This is where the tribes historically settled in 1838 to 1839, after the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.2 The removal included members of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw

The Trail of Tears was ignominy in the history of United States. After President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the United States Military forced many Native American Tribes off their land. About 15,000 Cherokees were forced to leave from their land and this journey became to be known as “The Trail of Tears”. The Cherokees were forced because the greedy Americans wanted the land for agriculture and to grow cotton which would earn them a lot of money. The tribes were forced to moved westward from their ancestral land and settle in Oklahoma Territory.

The unbearable experience during the Trial of Tears was significantly atrocious for the Cherokee. A Cherokee woman named Elizabeth Watts described this ordeal as “more than tears” and as “death, sorrow, hunger, exposure, and humiliation” to the Cherokee; even Private John G. Burnett said he “witnessed the execution and the most brutal order in the history of American warfare.” Eliza Whitmire, who was enslaved by the Cherokee, described the difficulty as “filled with horror and suffering.” First off, the trail was dangerously cold and hot during the seasons. It was fatally cold during the Winter; unbearably hot during the Summer.

1789 was the start of the United States. George Washington became President. He led the country and put a new government together. Between 1789 and 1820, the population of the United States more than doubled to nearly 10 million people. The Louisiana Purchase by President Jefferson made more land available to people.

Did you ever think about native americans throughout time? How they lived in the past to today? Throughout time Native Americans have faced many difficult obstacles, some that we know about that happened in the past, to recent happenings. From new land being discovered to diseases spread, to conflicts, wars, and to poverty in the modern world. These are the conflicts the The Native Americans faced from the beginning of time, to the modern day.

The Native Americans, also known as Indians, were the early inhabitants of America. They travelled from Asia to America over 30,000 years ago. They have lived separately from other Asians for so long that they have genetic and cultural difference. Indians occupied America and called it home for thousands of years before the first Europeans had discovered it. This is one key reason why the Indian Removal Act was cruel, unjust, and immoral.

Americans migration to Native American land was fueled by multiple events. Three of the main events were, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Homestead Act of 1849 and Land Grants. Another idea that fueled the American migration was Manifest Destiny. This was a belief that it was inevitable for Americans to migrate into Native American Land. As well as this the Americans had untrue views of the Native Americans.

President Andrew Jackson passed a law that stated the removal of the Cherokee Indians. They were forced to migrate elsewhere and leave their land. Their migration was called “The Trail of Tears” because of the negative effects it had on the Cherokees. It should not have happened and the U.S. should not have allowed it because it split apart people that were unified. They already had their own laws, and every clan was recognized.

The cultural differences and control over resources between Native Americans and Americans led to a long journey of Native Americans relocating west due to their land being illegally confiscated from them. The overgrowing population of Americans was the cause of the unjust and inhumane treatment of Native Americans in order for them rapidly expand their culture. Still, Native Americans continued to protect their common title of their land and preserve their existence until thousands of them were forced to move west because Americans didn’t follow through with their agreements, taking away their nation and their spirits. “Both congress and the states were eager to make the lands of western tribes available to American citizens, but none had