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Marquese Becton

10/15/15

Indian Removal in May 28, 1830

Euro-Centric Perspective

In 1830, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which the federal government the right the Native territory in the cotton kingdom east of Mississippi for land to the western, in the “Indian colonization zone” that the United States had acquired as parts of the Louisiana Purchase.White Americans particularly those who dwelled on the western frontier.Often nervous and grudged against the Native Americans they faced.To the whites American Indians looked to be weird, alien people who lived on land that white people wanted ( and believed they deserved it).George Washington believed that the best way to solve this “Indian Promblem” was plainly to “civilize” the Native Americans.

Native American Perspective

By fighting. The Seminole tribe for instance fought a full out war against the American Government. But the Native Americans were not entirely alone in their fight against the Removal Act, congress debated aggressively over the disagreement of the issue splitting it almost in half, but eventually it passed. Some would fight off soldiers to flee and sacrifice themselves so other Natives from their tribe could stay. The Seminole refused to leave and started a war called the Second Seminole War. Another war caused by refusal was called the Black Hawk War.Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act impacted the lives of Native Americans in many ways. One of the ways it affected them was that many Natives died on their journey. The Cherokees had a strong leader who had not yet given up the fight. They were led by the tough and determined John Ross.