Indian Removal Act Dbq

The Indian Removal Act is about how President Andrew Jackson wanted to appeal to small farmers and westerners with Indian Removal. In Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi many white settlers wanted Indian lands. Many of the Indians adopted European ways. President Andrew Jackson held all the Indians in contempt. Because of this act many people opposed. Opposition was widespread in the Northeast. Methodist and Quakers opposed of this removal and many women petitioned congress to vote no.

The Indian Removal Act was allowed on the 28th of May in the year of 1830, allowing President Jackson to handout purposeless lands west side of the Mississippi in trade for the tribes’ land within the existing state borders. Many tribes went quietly, but others

were against the withdrawal plans. In the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, Cherokees were moved forcibly west by the United States government. About 4,000 Cherokees died on this walk, which became known as the "Trail of Tears"
In the early nineteenth century, the United States forced the Cherokee Nation to surrender its homeland and relocate west of the Mississippi. That event, known as the Trial of Tears. In the year 1814, Jackson led a journey against the Creek Indians and defeated them and their military power. He then gave them a treaty where they give up more than twenty million acres of their land. The tribes knew they could not beat the Americans so they tried a plan in hopes if they give up their land they can keep parts of it. Unfortunately, the plan failed.
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Congressional Documents and Debates in Section 2 it says “ And it be further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the President to exchange any or all of such districts, so to be laid off and described, with any tribe or nation of Indians now residing within the limits of any of the states or territories, and with which the United States have existing treaties, for the whole or any part or portion of the territory claimed and occupied by such tribe r nation, within the bounds of any one or more of the states or territories, where the land claimed and occupied by the Indians, is owned by the United States, or the United States are bound to the state within which it lies to extinguish the Indian claim

thereto”.
In section 3 it says “ And be it further enacted, That in the making of any such exchange or exchanges, it shall and may be lawful for the President solemnly to assure the tribe or nation with which the exchange is made, that the United States will forever secure and guaranty to them; and if they prefer it, that the United States will cause a patent or grant to be made and executed to them for the same: Provided always, That such lands shall revert to the United States, if the Indians become extinct, or abandon the same”.

President Andrew Jackson strongly believed that Indians and White Americans could not stand by each other. He believed that Indians were below him and didn’t deserve to stand by anyone. President Jackson career was mostly with the Indians. Even though he wasn’t the first one to want Indian removal, he supported early on in his career. He fought them, fought alongside them, and even arranged the price of their lands.

Two important Indian tribes have agreed with the Indian Removal Act. President Jackson believes that by the two most important tribes that agreed to the Indian Removal Act, they set an example to the other tribes. The Indian Removal Act will free the state of Mississippi and Western Alabama of Indians. It will give those states power, wealth, and more population. It will also distinct Indians and White Americans. The Indians can live happily by their own rules. Indians made treaties with President Jackson. They had to understand the whole Indian

Removal Act.
The Indians will be given a large amount of time in contemplation on their removal and a pleasant maintenance on their journey to their new homes. President Jackson said, “It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation”
Since the Louisiana Purchase many treaties were made with the Cherokee Indians. There were six with the Creeks, four with the Choctaw, three with the Chickasaw, and one with the Seminole. By the time Andrew Jackson became president, Indian Removal had become a worldwide issue. His personality impressed the Indians and made many believed that he was their friend.
In conclusion, because of President Andrew Jackson, he caused a lot of troubles and heartache to the Indians with the Indian Removal Act. This caused The Trail of Tears, many Indians had to leave their home in which they lived there first. For the Europeans with the help of President Jackson bought their land and moved them west which is now their new home and where they must start over. Many Indians died on the Trail of Tears and also a lot of Indians had to start over and lost a lot of their lands.