| When Andrew Jackson became a president in
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| | of Native Americans and control over the
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| 1829, 125,000 Native Americans still
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| | resources that were on that land. Even if
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| lived east of the Mississippi River.
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| | the government wanted to protect Indians
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| 60,000 of Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaw, and
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| | it had a lack of resources and military
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| Chickasaw Indians held millions of acres
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| | to protect them from white farmers,
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| in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The
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| | traders, and speculators.
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| most crucial political issues at that
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| | The main goal of Jackson's policy was to
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| time were if all of these Indians would
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| | encourage Indians to voluntarily sell
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| be allowed to stop the expansion of white
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| | their land in exchange for new land in
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| man and if the U.S. government would
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| | Oklahoma and Arkansas. Doing this Jackson
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| tolerate the previous treaties with
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| | hoped that it would satisfy both parties.
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| Indians. Under Jackson's presidency two
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| | White farmers could get new farmland and
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| solutions of this issue were possible:
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| | Native Americans would get peace from
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| assimilation and removal. Assimilation
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| | disturbers. It was supposed to be
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| meant that Native Americans would have to
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| | voluntarily, however, those that did not
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| become similar to white people. They
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| | want to leave Jackson simply promised to
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| would have to adopt cultural and economic
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| | destroy. As the previous military leader
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| practices of white Americans. The
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| | Jackson and everybody knew what he was
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| Cherokee showed the ability to adopt.
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| | talking about.
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| They opened schools, churches, started
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| | During winter of 1831 the Choctaw tribe
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| building roads, started to use printing
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| | was the first one to start the Trail of
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| press, and even adopted constitution.
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| | Tears. The government failed its promises
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| However, there was another policy
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| | to help Indians moving and a lot of them
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| concerning Native Americans - their
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| | died from epidemic diseases that were
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| removal. It was first introduced by
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| | easy to get during the winter. Then, in
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| Thomas Jefferson who believed that Indian
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| | 1836, the Creek faced difficulties during
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| removal is the only way to ensure the
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| | their removal. About 3500 of the tribe's
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| survival of Native American cultures. The
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| | 15,000 members died along the westward
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| main point of this policy was to
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| | trek. Those who resisted removal were
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| encourage Indians to move voluntarily to
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| | bound in chains and marched in double
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| the lands where they would be left alone
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| | file.
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| and not harassed by the white men.
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| | By 1837, the Jackson had removed 46,000
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| At first Jackson supported both policies
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| | Native American people from their land
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| but later favored the removal policy as
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| | east of the Mississippi. Most members of
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| the solution to the controversy. This
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| | the five southeastern nations were
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| shift happened partly because of the
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| | relocated and that opened 25 million
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| controversy between the Cherokees and the
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| | acres of land to white me. Jackson's
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| state of Georgia. Cherokees adopted their
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| | removal policy can only be appropriately
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| own constitution that protected the
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| | comprehended if it is viewed as a part of
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| sovereignty of their land. However, when
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| | a bigger course of the political and
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| gold was found on the Cherokees' land
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| | economic conquest of frontier regions by
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| people rushed their looking for it. Of
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| | expanding nation states. At the beginning
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| course, Cherokees were not happy about it
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| | of 1800's, all western nations were
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| and that resulted two most prominent
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| | piercing into many new frontier areas,
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| cases Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia in 1831
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| | including the steppes of Russia, the
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| and Worcester vs. Georgia. Cherokee
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| | pampas of Argentina, the veldt of South
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| Nation wanted to protect their land from
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| | Africa, the outback of Australia, and the
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| the intruders using the court system.
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| | American West. In every region, national
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| Both cases were won by Cherokees and the
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| | expansion was justified on the grounds of
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| government had an obligation to exclude
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| | strategic interest (to anticipate
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| white intruders from the Indian land.
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| | settlement by other powers) or in the
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| Jackson became very angry with that
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| | name of opening valuable land to white
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| decision and decided to implement the
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| | settlement and development. Almost in
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| removal policy. However, the actual cause
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| | each case the expansion was carried
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| for implementation of this policy was
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| | through removal all massacring the whole
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| simply a great desire by most white
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| | native population.
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| Americans to gain a control over the land
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