Andrew Jackson And The Indian Removal Movement

Jackson faced with a domestic affair called the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Act established a process where the President could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes that agreed to give up their homelands. The U.S. government tried to move the Indians from their ;lands. This failed because the government would be violating both treaties and Supreme Court to facilitate the spread of European Americans westward. In 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson led an expedition against the Creek Indians climaxing in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend, where he defeated the Creeks and destroyed their military power. He forced the Indians upon a treaty to give up over twenty one million acres of their traditional land. Over the next decade, Mr. Jackson led the way in the Indian removal campaign, helping to negotiate nin of the eleven major treaties to remove Indians. Mr. Jackson encouraged the Congress to pass the Removal Act of 1830. By the end of his presidency, he had signed into law almost seventy removal treaties.

Robert V. Remini shows that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act benefits the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson made notice of the issue with the Indians in his inaugural speech on March 4, 1829. He declared that he wanted to give humane and considerable attention to the Indian’s rights and wants in respect to the government and people. Jackson knew that meant to get rid of all remaining tribes beyond the Mississippi River. He (Jackson) believed that the Indians would be better off in the west; without the influence from the white man or local authority. Jackson hired two Tennessee generals to go visit the Creeks and Cherokees to see if the Indians would leave voluntarily. In that, those who did not leave would be protected by the

Andrew Jackson was declared president in 1828 immediately declaring the removal of eastern tribes. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which authorized the president to negotiate removal treaties. In 1831 combined army, militia, and other volunteer forces began to move the tribes along one of several routes to two forts located in Indian Territory; Fort Gibson and Fort Townson. The last tribe to be moved was the

They were bent on acquiring the valuable lands occupied by the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Indians. After the Louisiana purchase (an enormous acquisition of land west of the Mississippi in 1803), President Jefferson presumed that these Indians could be persuaded to give up their homes in exchange for land further west. Following Jefferson's lead, President Andrew Jackson pushed for the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The act provided funds for the United States government to negotiate removal treaties with the Indians. The federal government forced tribal leaders to sign these treaties. Factions arose within the tribes, as many opposed giving up their land. Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross even traveled to Washington to negotiate alternatives to removal and pleaded for the government to redress the injustices of these treaties. The United States government listened, but did not deviate from its policy. Although President Jackson negotiated the removal treaties, President Martin Van Buren enforced them. The impact of the removal was first felt by the

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson addressed Congress stating two Native tribes had accepted the terms of the Indian Removal Act. Jackson said he hoped the two tribes consent would set an example for the other tribes to leave because he thought leaving was an advantage for them. He explained, “It puts an end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the General and State governments on account of the Indians.” The two different civilizations didn’t agree, which lead to violent conflicts that lasted centuries. For thirty years, the United States had tried to come to find a way to get the two civilizations reach an agreement. The Indian Removal Act became the United States government’s solution that ended the violent encounters. This Act removed the Natives from northern Tennessee, southern Louisiana, western Alabama and the state of Mississippi, which helped the United

President Andrew Jackson believed that Native Americans were an obstacle in the way of the United States geographical and economical expansion. In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which gave him authority to push Indians out of their lands in the Southeast to make way for white settlers (Hillstrom). The Creeks lost 45 percent of their land while 16,000 Cherokee were forced from their homes, of which 4,000 died (Grose). Associates of Jackson claimed these acts were meant to "quell" Indian vanity (Cave). In December of 1835, a small group of Cherokee representatives signed the treaty of New Atocha. The treaty accepted the United States government 's terms for Cherokee removal

Politicians believed the U.S should conquer western lands which prompted the Indian Removal Act in 1830 by Andrew Jackson.The Act enabled the president to make a deal with Indian tribes in the Southern United States to move to federal land by the Mississippi River in exchange for their territory. The indians tribes had no choice to accept, they were forced to leave their homelands and walk

The Indian Removal Act signed by the president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, caused controversy and the brutal and merciless suffering of the Native Americans during The Trail of Tears. The beginning of the 1830’s was a time when the Native Americans occupied The Deep South. This, however, was problematic for the white farmers who were in need of farmland in order to increase their production of cotton. Nevertheless, Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, coerced the Native Americans to relocate their civilizations to lands west of the Mississippi. A close examination at the tribes that were compelled to move west would show that they were civilized. Thus, Andrew Jackson was not justified in his policy towards

The act consisted of eight sections that defined, in detail, what could be expected. They let him maintain control over the tribes, even though they moved. Five tribes, the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creeks, and Seminoles, agreed to sign treaties to leave their homes and move west (Copeland 195). However, Andrew Jackson left a few pieces of information out:

The Indian Removal Act, inspired by Andrew Jackson; the 7th president of the US and the enhanced ambition for American settlers to find more land in the southwestern regions of North America. The Indian Removal Act enabled Jackson the power of negotiating removal treaties with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Among these tribes were: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Very few authenticated traits were signed. The Choctaws were the only tribe to agree without any issues. All other attempts resulted in War and blood shed for both white settlers and Indians. The conflict with the U.S. and Indians lasted up until 1837. In 1838 & 1839 Jackson forced the relocation of the remaining Cherokee Indians;

Andrew Jackson, who was the 7th President of the United States, signed the Indian Removal Act in May 28th, 1832 and this policy granted Andrew Jackson the right to forcibly move the Native Americans to land west of the Mississippi. Even though “it is presumed that any explanation of Jackson’s purposes is an attempt to justify the mass killing of innocent people…” (Remini, 45) some would say his childhood affected him; seeing and hearing Indians Attacking places near his home. Or how he was the second President to make it into the business without an education. Some people thought that with gold being found in Georgia, this led many new white settlers looking to buy land from the Cherokee Indians. Although a lot could be said about Andrew

In August, 1814 Jackson and chiefs from the Creek nation signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson. The Creeks gave 23 million acres of land. This is half of the state of Alabama as well as a large portion of southern Georgia. Without the victory at Horseshoe Bend, Andrew Jackson may not have become president, the Indians may have been allowed to maintain their land and western expansion would have become stagnant. The treaty of Fort Jackson increased our southeastern and western agriculture base by 23 million acres and opening up and cleared an open path to the west. This also will later be a catalyst for the western railroad expansion to transport people and goods to western territories. With Andrews Jackson’s victory at Horseshoe Bend and other Indian war successes, he became a national hero. His popularity helped him win the election as President. Andrew Jackson, being unsympathetic to Indian culture, was instrumental in implementing the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This Act forcibly moved Indians from the Southern territories to the present states of Arkansas and Oklahoma; this was known as the Trail of

Van Buren was firm in his craving to sidestep war. He comprehended that the American armed forces were not ready for war. The navy's fleet was ancient and the standing army only had 8,000 men of which many were poorly armed. A bulk of the army had been positioned to Florida on an assignment to force the Seminole Indians and their African-American allies, many of them fugitive slaves, to relocate in Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River. Van Buren was unyielding when it came to carrying out Andrew Jackson's policy of Indian removal, even though the removal was sad and shattered the Indian people. The price of the Indian removal was in the range of $50 million during Van Buren's presidency, but it did deliver an economic spur to the

In December of 1830 President Jackson would submitted the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek to congress, it would be the first to win Senate approval. President Jackson wanted everything to go smoothly so that the American people would see that he was humane and that this Treaty would benefit both the Indians and the American nation at large. With Jackson located too far away to oversee the actual removal of the Choctaw Nation, they would endure mismanagement, theft, corruption, and inefficiency on a level that would lead to their destruction. Jackson would be deeply offended and the removal of the Choctaw Nation would become one of the worse horror stories of modem era.

The seventh president of the United States; Andrew Jackson, was not only notorious for his success as a general but also for his actions as president. The Removal Policy is still discussed today because of the question of whether or not the removal of Native Americans benefited them or not. The intent of Jackson's actions is controversial because it is not clear if he acted in the best interest of Native Americans or for white settlers. Robert Remini's writing Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars he concludes that Jackson's removal act was the only way to protect the Native Americans from conflict with impeding settlers. Albert Cave writes in Abuse of Power: Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal act of 1830, that Jackson broke promises