Compare And Contrast Ross And Cherokee Homestead

1. The Cherokee homestead has similarities and differences compared to the Ridge and Ross houses. The Cherokee homestead compared to the Ridge and Ross houses was smaller. The Cherokee homestead was only 16 by 14 foot compared to the Ross house that had two rooms on each floor and the Ridge house had eight rooms. The Cherokee homestead had a wooden chimney compared to the Ross house that had two stone chimneys. The Cherokee homestead and the Ridge house were both log houses compared to the Ridge house that was a log house expanded upon.
2. The Cherokee homestead farm was different than the farms of Major Ridge and John Ross. The Cherokee homestead farm was worked on by the Cherokee women. The farms of Major Ridge and John Ross were worked on by African American slaves. The Cherokee homestead was smaller than the farms of Major Ridge and John Ross. The Cherokee homestead had 19 acres and Major Ridge’s farm had 223 acres. Cherokee homestead farms grew corn, squash, beans, potato and other crops. The farms of Major Ridge and John

It really made me sympathize with what the natives went through. I gained an appreciation for President George Washington and the sectary of war Henry Knox when they wanted peace with the Indians and to buy the land from the natives that settlers illegally settled in. I was disappointed to read that Knox and many others thought of the natives as uncivilized and wanted to civilize them so that they would integrate into society so the settlers could take their land. I think it was wrong to see the natives as uncivilized and want to civilize them to take their land. I was disturbed that Andrew Jackson approved and signed the Indian Removal Act because I consider the Act immoral. I think it is unjust for a group to consider themselves superior to another group, like the settlers did, and force the inferior group to