How would you feel if that one person you despise the most forced you to move out of your house all the way into a new state. This is what happened to the cherokee indians during 1830 when the indian removal act was signed. The cherokee had been living in Georgia for a hundred years before the first Georgians arrived and were forced to move west into Louisiana. There were many reasons for this act to happen however it was as if the Cherokee had no say against it. The government was very biased for its people and did little to support the cherokee. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was not justified because the cherokees were getting kicked out of their own homelands, they were treated poorly, and only a small majority of the cherokee agreed with …show more content…
Being cheated on and tricked in trade is one of the ways that indians were abused. The manifest destiny for example shows that after helping the expedition, only a small percentage of indian tribes were rewarded. The americans didn’t have to be so harsh to the natives just because they were “savages”. In addition, the cherokees may have helped the british during the war of 1812, however that was over sixty years before the Removal act was signed. Any war veterans that have survived are long gone. The cherokee should have been forgiven as a whole new generation had taken over the tribe. Even though the cherokee decided to fight with Britain during the war, they sided with them while they were at peace with the U.S. However you can’t blame them especially after getting cheated and tricked on, this was the practical choice for the cherokees in their …show more content…
Overall the cherokee were getting kicked off of their own homelands where they got there first, they were cheated and tricked by the americans numerous times, and only a small portion of the cherokee nation agreed with the removal act. In the end the Indian Removal Act was put into action and caused many deaths of the native american nation. The trail that the indians used to travel was even nicknamed the Trail of Tears because of the depressing journey that the many indians took. The act may have been put into action but it might have been for the better as gold was discovered in Georgia, and who knows how that might have affected the