Indian Removal Act
The desire to relocate Indians to the West was a goal Andrew Jackson sough since the first days of his party. Jackson had a long and complicated history with Indians and believed that it was destiny for white man to move out to the west. To fulfill Manifest Destiny (the desire) he came up with the Indian Removal Policy.
The Indian Removal policy of President Andrew Jackson was prompted by Manifest Destiny. After Jackson succeeded in pushing the Indian Removal Act through Congress in 1830, the U.S. government spent nearly 30 years forcing Indians to move westward, beyond the Mississippi River.
In 1830 the Cherokee suing the state of Georgia to win their land. The case eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Marshall, while avoiding the central issue, ruled that the states could not assert control over the Indian tribes.
Presdisent Jackson responded “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it."
More than 16,000 members of the Cherokee tribe were forced to walk from their homes in the southern states to designated Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma in 1838.
This forced relocation became known as the “Trail of Tears” In the brutal conditions, nearly 4,000 Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears.
Conflicts With Settlers Led to Indian Removal Act. There had been conflicts between whites and Native Americans since the first white settlers arrived in North America. The issue in the 1800 was simply dues to white man taking over Indian land.
Five Indian tribes were located on land that would be highly sought for settlement, especially as it was prime land for the cultivation of cotton. The tribes on the land were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chicasaw, Creek, and Seminole.
Over time the tribes in the south tended to adopt white ways such as taking up farming in the tradition of white settlers, and in some cases even buying and owning African American slaves.
These efforts at led to the tribes becoming known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Taking up the ways of the white settlers, unfortunately did not mean the Indians would be able to keep their lands.
The Indian Removal Act was one of the most memorable events that took place in the Age of Jackson. As Hitler was to Jews, Jackson was to the Indians. The Act made Jackson a controversial president and many despised him for the Holocaust that he had caused on the Indians.
The Indian Removal policy of President Andrew Jackson was prompted by Manifest Destiny. After Jackson succeeded in pushing the Indian Removal Act through Congress in 1830, the U.S. government spent nearly 30 years forcing Indians to move westward, beyond the Mississippi River.
In 1830 the Cherokee suing the state of Georgia to win their land. The case eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Marshall, while avoiding the central issue, ruled that the states could not assert control over the Indian tribes.
Presdisent Jackson responded “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it."
More than 16,000 members of the Cherokee tribe were forced to walk from their homes in the southern states to designated Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma in 1838.
This forced relocation became known as the “Trail of Tears” In the brutal conditions, nearly 4,000 Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears.
Conflicts With Settlers Led to Indian Removal Act. There had been conflicts between whites and Native Americans since the first white settlers arrived in North America. The issue in the 1800 was simply dues to white man taking over Indian land.
Five Indian tribes were located on land that would be highly sought for settlement, especially as it was prime land for the cultivation of cotton. The tribes on the land were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chicasaw, Creek, and Seminole.
Over time the tribes in the south tended to adopt white ways such as taking up farming in the tradition of white settlers, and in some cases even buying and owning African American slaves.
These efforts at led to the tribes becoming known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Taking up the ways of the white settlers, unfortunately did not mean the Indians would be able to keep their lands.
The Indian Removal Act was one of the most memorable events that took place in the Age of Jackson. As Hitler was to Jews, Jackson was to the Indians. The Act made Jackson a controversial president and many despised him for the Holocaust that he had caused on the Indians.