Why Was Native American Removal Wrong

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The natives were already here in America and the white men took their land, does that sound right too you? Native Americans were there before the white men. The white men treated the natives very wrong,(just like dogs) and humiliated them. White men made the natives move to a new territory. The native removal act was a horrible thing because it force people out of their own land and treated them wrong. The native american removal act was a horrible thing because the natives were on the land first and not the white. Some people would believe that the removal was a good thing because of the farmland, but it wasn’t a good thing because the white men came to the native’s grounds and took it from them. The removal act was because of their decision …show more content…

Some people would believe that the speedy removal was a great thing but really wasn’t. The white men already kicked the natives out, but still treat them wrong. “...Ever since [the white came] we have been made to drink of the bitter cup of humiliation; treated like dogs…” The quote says it all that the once the white came, the natives have got boot out the door and now getting humiliated and treated like dogs. The US would use the indians land to populated the large tract of country. Then Andrew Jackson would separates the natives from any conflict. Even with the separation the with men still humiliated them. So the white men have taken the natives land and still treated wrong, with the separation. Plus Andrew Jackson separated them so wouldn’t happen but it still happens. The natives have been accepting the thing the white men do, so the natives to find a new …show more content…

Some people may say that the natives moving were fine, but really it it wasn’t really not because it is sacred grounds. The natives have been on that piece of land way longer that the white men, but the white men just toss the natives out of their land. The natives had to move from Seminole to all all over the eastern part of the US, like Florida and around Mississippi and Louisiana. Which then they had to start over on everything, for example their crops and homes. Plus they weren’t use to the weather conditions and the food resources. And the new grounds they are on are not sacred. The evidence from the article explains how bad the removal act was very bad and how we wanted a piece of land, we got the land and there was already people/natives that land, and the US/white men made the people/natives on the land move to a new place. US want that piece of land so much for the gold on it to improve the profit for America. Having to move because someone told you to move and then force you to move, just for profit for themselves, which is not right because all they wanted was to the land for

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