The Pros And Cons Of The Indian Removal Act

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was an abuse of power exerted on the Indian tribes residing in America by the people of the colonies as well as presidents at the time of their removal. Many Indians affected lost their lives, their loved one’s lives’, and the land they thrived on dating back years to their ancestors. This act would be later named “the trail of tears” because of the monumental loss the Indian tribes had endured during their displacement, and the physical and psychological damages of these people (TOTWSR). Initiated by the colonist’s want to further expand their colonies, their land, and their prosperity, many colonists voiced their want for Indian removal. After many proposals by various American leaders, and crucially Thomas Jefferson’s push (Garrison 13), Andrew Jackson’s presidency would be what finalized and enforced the Indian Removal Act. Jackson claimed he had listened to the people, and that his rationale for the removal was in favor of the Indian and We encroached on their home. There was no justification in the greed of a self-proclaimed superior race to uproot these people from the land they so cherished not only for their shelter and for safety, but tied to so religiously and faithfully. If America today underwent an event like this, a mass removal of all peoples in our fifty states, of all of our technological advances as a society, of everything we are known for, we would be devastated at the loss of our homeland and the destruction of our prosperity. We would see no justification of any reason. Therefore, there is no justification of what we put unto these people because we felt superior enough to force ourselves onto their

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