28 maio 1830 ano - Indian Removal Act

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Key Event: The creation of the Indian Removal Act is a key event because it demonstrated the government’s power through the use of its military. Moreover, the act caused a major decrease in Native American life and culture.

Defined: The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, allowing him to relocate the tribes in existing state borders into the unsettled lands west of Mississippi. Some tribes complied with his demands while others had resisted. Those who resisted had to face the American military.

Described: White settlers and their state governments had wanted to drive Native Americans out of the South to gain land for growing cotton. Although the court case, Worcester v. Georgia objected to the American’s poor practices, as they explained that native nations were sovereign nations, Andrew Jackson was still determined to remove them. He had been supportive of “Indian removal,” since the Native Americans had been occupying valuable land in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee.

Short Term: Jackson’s brutal campaigns against the Native Americans had provided the U.S. with hundreds of thousands of acres of land for farmers. Many Native Americans who were forced to relocate had died on their journeys to their new homes, giving their journey the title “The Trail of Tears.”

Long Term: Due to the many lost lives during “The Trail of Tears,” Native American tribes were diminished in size and some ceased to exist. As tribes vanished, their valuable culture and practices were lost. Despite the misfortune they faced, Americans continued to cultivate their newly obtained lands to support their Manifest Destiny.

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