Most people are conscious of the devastating effects The Trail of Tears had on the Cherokee people‚ some question its necessity and the mindset of President Andrew Jackson to not only let this horrific affair to take lace but to fight tooth and nail for this policy. Despite the plethora of writings in place regarding the injustices that the Native Americans endured during the Trail of Tears very little attention has been given to why the people of that time would allow this forced removal to take
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Americans wanted the Indians to act more American and gain their beliefs and culture so they forced the culture on them‚ an example of how they did this is by making them change religions. The Indians were made of two different tribes‚ one being the Choctaw and the other Cherokee. Men‚ women‚ and children were forced along
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involvement in forced exile of the Cherokee and other tribes became known as the Trail of Tears‚ and reached its peak under the direction of President Andrew Jackson. For years the United States coerced‚ manipulated and bullied the tribes of the Seminole‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ Cherokee and Chickasaw into relinquishing their tribal grounds. Although the tribes that were unwilling to give up their homes fought back against the federal government‚ their valiant efforts to maintain their lands and dignity were unsuccessful
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more than eight thousand deaths‚ double than the originally estimate (Thornton 289). “Departure of the Cherokee population left only scattered indigenous groups in the Southeast. By 1842 most of the Five Civilized Tribes- the Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole — had been removed from their prosperous farms and plantations and resettled on the southeast to government-assigned lands in Oklahoma. The last of the Seminoles of Florida were removed in 1858” (Carson). The Cherokee eventually
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“Before contact with the strangers from Europe‚ the Choctaws practiced communalism” (Takaki‚ 2008. Pg. 83). The Choctaws were forced to raise animals such as cattle and pigs in a farm setting. They were not longer able to go out and hunt their meals as they had for many years. Along with farming‚ they were also cultivating cotton fields. After treaties were made and it became legal for the English to take land they pleased‚ many of the Choctaw Indians moved unwillingly west of the Mississippi
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During westward expansion many Native American Tribes were forced out of their homelands and moved into what was known as “Indian Territory” which is modern-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Seminole‚ and Creeks‚ known as the “five civilized tribes” and the Plains Indians‚ which had been relocated to the western part of the territory on land leased from the Five Civilized Tribes‚ were moved into this area. Many of these tribes were enemies and were now being forced to live next to each
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Tennessee‚ was valuable‚ and it grew to be more coveted as white settlers flooded the region. • The Indian Removal Act opened up the lands to white settlement still held by Indians • The five major tribes who were affected were the Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole. They are known as the “Civilized Tribes”. • One method was to adopt Anglo-American practices such as large-scale farming‚ Western education‚ and slave-holding. They adopted this policy of assimilation in an attempt to coexist
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Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night and being taken out of one’s house by soldiers and moved from their homelands to a foreign land in the west. That is what happened to the Indians during the Indian removals. The Indian Removal Act gave the government enough power to seize the Indian’s land and move them west. The removals were meant to be peaceful and fair. They were also supposed to be done voluntarily (“Trail”). Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act on May 28‚ 1830.
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enlargement of his country‚ and would stop at nothing to achieve his goal. Although Jackson was set on his plan of action‚ the previous years ’ presidents had not had the same fundamental opinions upon the subject as he. The Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaw‚ Muscogee-Cree‚ and Seminole Indians were all indigenous to southeastern territory in the States; these five tribes were recognized to be the “Five Civilized Tribes” due to their acceptance of acculturation that George Washington had proposed to them
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The Trail of Tears was a harsh and inhumane event that happened in the 1830’s. Indian tribes were forced off of their land and they were involuntarily relocated to what is now Oklahoma. There was fear and resentment among the white settlers when it came to their Native American adversaries. They were a different kind of people than the whites when it came to how they lived‚ spoke‚ dressed and as well as their religious beliefs. This unfamiliarity with them led to the settlers believing that they
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