Benjamin Franklin And The Settlers: East Tennessee

In the late 1830’s, where the United States was growing rapidly, whites faced an obstacle while trying to settle in the South. This area of land was home of the Cherokee and other Indian tribes. The Cherokee Indians signed treaties hoping that white settlers would not come for their land. Prompted by the state of Georgia along with the president, Andrew Jackson, whom did not like Indians, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their homeland. Cherokee’s pleas to Georgia and the Supreme Court did little to stop their removal.

The Cherokee people were faced with a problem because they were forced to leave their property due to the Indian Removal Act. This Act was presented by Georgia so the state could have Cherokee land. The historical question is asking what path was best; migrating west or to stay put and fight back? The tribe was torn on what side to be a part of.

Here and there has been problems popping from past or present, but one problem from the past called the Indian Removal act of 1830, it took most of Georgia’s residents to take care of this case, where a huge debate happened if the Cherokee’s are allowed to stay in the Northern part of Georgia or not stay or get forced out of Georgia. The indian removal act caused a lot of problems with the Indians, specifically the Cherokees and the Americans. The cherokees lived in the northern part of Georgia while the purpose of the Americans was to expand and gain more land, but the Cherokees doesn’t want to move due to the northern of Georgia was their own land, and they have developed many agricultural, industry, and their own government.

Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and The Trail of Tears There have been many dark times in our History as Americans. Among them is the Trail of Tears,brought upon by Andrew Jackson, which exiled the Indians from the American south and resulted in the death of thousands on the way to Oklahoma. Before this trying time there was speculation within the supreme court whether to treat the Native tribes as a sovereign foreign nation or as a dependent entity within the United States. I will discuss how these decisions came to be, the reactions to said decisions, and the aftermath of these rulings which inevitably leads to the Trail of Tears.

Intrusive Acts on Early North America The Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes were typically considered as enemies throughout most of the 17th and 18th centuries. Thrown into continuous, brutal warfare by their varying European allies, the two tribes shared something in common: the lives of their own tribes were continuously jeopardized by the settlement of the “new coming” Europeans. With all of the commotion caused by conflicting European powers, the Native Americans became endangered by warfare, were forced to adapt to European ways, and left to be dependent on their allies for supplies that kept their tribes alive. The intrusive and unfair ways of the settling colonists led to the downfall of the Natives that had lived on North American soil

They hoped that by agreeing to the government’s terms they would get to keep some of their land, they could protect themselves from the whites, and they would be viewed as a more civilized nation. But their hopes were of no avail. Just like the other tribes, the Cherokee were forced to

This essay considers The Last Indian Wars between 1860 and 1890. Since the arrival of first European settlers in 15th century, violent conflict between the white settlers and the Amerindians resulted in battles or massacres such as King Phillip’s War (1676) and Wounded Knee Massacre (1890). American society consistently displaced Amerindians further west in the frontier. The frontier, in turn, marked the border for American civilization. Manifest Destiny and anti-Amerindian sentiments heavily influenced the federal government’s campaign against Amerindians.

and the indians. But after the acts it lowered this tremendously. The first reason why the Indian Appropriation Acts lowered turmoil, is because it stopped land disputes. Speaking on the Acts, Elizabeth Pauls says, ”These treaties, which took much time and effort to finalize, ceased with the passage of the 1871 Indian Appropriation Act, declaring that “no Indian nation or tribe” would be recognized “as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty.” Because the Indians were no longer recognized as sovereign states, they were then designated to move to reservations.

This treaty which was signed as a show of friendship between the two races, and would pose to haunt the Duwamish people in the coming years. This was a key event to the downfall of the Duwamish tribe and it’s implications are discussed below. The first implication that will be examined is the fact that the treaty had promised the Duwamish people that they would receive a reservation from the United States government, which was not fulfilled. The Duwamish people, like other Native tribes, had lived on the same land for generations.

Have you ever wondered who owned this land before us? The Cherokee people called the Appalachian Mountains home along with several parts of the United States we know today as the Carolinas, Virginia and an amount of various other states. This was long before Christopher Columbus discovered the United States. The Cherokee people had the largest population in the United States at the time. The Cherokee tribe was exclusive for their political, economy, and religion.

The Creeks, Cherokee, and Chickasaw established policies that restricting land sales to the government. But some natives tried to coexist with settlers and get rid of any hostility. They made attempts that included giving up some of their land to the United States for the new territory they received in exchange. Indian nations, such as the Creeks and the Seminoles, refused to leave their land and even started war to protect their homes.

Over the many years of moving and finding their place the Cherokees encountered many conflicts with other tribes and external forces. For starters a major encounter the Cherokees had was with the United States government. The Government was displaying their best efforts in trying to extinguish the Indians from their native land. The Cherokee leaders fought for their land with everything they had. Winning the battle with the US courts was a good advancement for the Indians; it did them no good when it came to President Andrew Jackson taking charge.

The Cherokee Indians are unprotected due to their alliance with the British. This Alliance made it so that the Cherokee went against every other Indian tribe and needed to assimilate with the U.S. people to keep ⅓ of their land. The U.S. supreme court orders the army to protect the Cherokee, but Jackson decides against it. Well now every other Indian tribe dislikes them and then they have Georgia is trying to come into their land and take the rest.

When the Europeans began colonizing the New World, they had a problematic relationship with the Native Americans. The Europeans sought to control a land that the Natives inhabited all their lives. They came and decided to take whatever they wanted regardless of how it affected the Native Americans. They legislated several laws, such as the Indian Removal Act, to establish their authority. The Indian Removal Act had a negative impact on the Native Americans because they were driven away from their ancestral homes, forced to adopt a different lifestyle, and their journey westwards caused the deaths of many Native Americans.

After fighting a losing battle against the English settlers, Native Americans found themselves cornered with the passage of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851. Authorizing the creation of Indian areas in what is now Oklahoma, the native population was once again forced into even smaller fields of land called reservations. The U.S. government made several promises to provide the tribal members with food and supplies, but fell short in keeping them. In addition, there were strict limitations on the Native Americans ability to hunt, fish, and gather food. With all of these restrictions in place, the Americans were given the upper hand in terms of controlling the Indians.