May 28, 1830 The Indian removal act was passed. “It is generally acknowledged that this act spelled the end of Indian Rights to live in those states under their own traditional laws” (http://www.historynet.com) The Native American was forcefully removed from their Ancestral land and placed on federal territory west of the Mississippi. This was all done under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The reason for removal was no more than pure greed. The process in which the Native American was removed from their land was so heinous that it resulted in nearly 4000 (Unofficial) deaths of the Native American.
In 1828 gold was discovered in North Georgia near Wards Creek. When the Native American discovered the gold it had no monetary value to them….
“The Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and the Choctaw knew that they could not defeat the Americans in war” ( ) the settlers were so “land hungry” that the Native Americans knew that all they could do was try to appease the white man. Native Americans were willing to ty to do whatever they could do to be able to keep even just a small portion of their own land. “One method was to adopt Anglo-American practices such as large-scale farming, western education and slave holding. (www.pbs.org) having done so the natives were designed designated as the “five Civilized Tribes”. The Natives Americans did all of these things in order to co-exist the white settlers and try to keep the hostility at a minimum. With everything the Native Americans did it still wasn’t good enough and just lead to the settlers having resentment and anger towards…
The proposal was the “Indian Removal Act”. The president had power to negotiate removal of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi from their land. When Jackson made the proposal people were lead to believe the removal would be peaceful and voluntary which couldn’t be any further from the truth. The only peaceful removal was for the tribes that agreed the conditions that were put on the table. The tribes that met them with resistance were forced by President Andrew Jackson to leave their land. President Jackson looked down on the Native Americans he said they were “children who needed guidance”. Jackson convinced himself and the people around him that the removal would be beneficial to both…