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Removal of Indians
Title: Removal of Indians
Category: History
Details: Words: 406 | Pages: 1.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Removal of Indians
In the early 1800's, the colonists in the United States were on the move, and the country was expanding westward. This left little land for the Native Americans to live on. By 1839, thirteen thousand Cherokees were driven into Indian Territory (later Oklahoma), in what became known as the Trail of Tears. There were principal arguments made for the removal of the Cherokee Indians. According to Discovering the American Past, I can see one man that …showed first 75 words of 406 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 406 total…territory would help the race (Indians) prevail and attest the humanity and justice of their government.
Many other people were for the removal of the Cherokee Indians, but Andrew Jackson had the principal arguments for their move to the Indian Territory. He even had humanitarian arguments to support the removal. According to the evidence in Discovering the American Past, there is little doubt that Jackson was not the primary reason for the Cherokee’s removal.
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