Andrew Jackson viewed Native Americans harshly, criticizing how they lived by stereotyping them as savages. As agriculture and population increased, Jackson believed that the Cherokee were occupying valuable territory, which could be used for other necessities such as expanding farms and plantations. In the 1830’s, Andrew Jackson’s administration passed the Indian Removal Act; therefore causing the Cherokee Indians to travel to the west of the Mississippi river resulting in thousands of deaths. When the Indian Removal Act was set into place there was a drastic change in the political policies; however, the Cherokee tribes economic and social policies remained consistent.
Many Native Americans assimilated to an American lifestyle by changing …show more content…
Americans have always wanted more land to boost their economic growth drastically, causing their greediness to find absurd ways to take advantage of the Native Americans. An example is in the reading “the Untied States of Assimilation for the Tribes", as the secretary of war Henry Knox creates the Treaty of Holston stating “That the Cherokee Nation may be led to a greater degree of civilization, and to become herdsmen and cultivators, instead of remaining in a state of hunters,”(doc2)As the natives were spread across the United States hunting, and not staying in one viable it was evident that the Americans hungry for wealth, though the land they used for hunting was being wasted. They purposely pass the treaty of Holston to obtain valuable to land instead of the Indians, leaving the Indians oblivious thinking they were getting to assimilate and becoming accepted. We see that the objective of the treaties was to overcome the obstacle of forcefully removing the Indians from a land with minimal space leaving the rest for agriculture and plantations, causing the United States and Prosper. As the Indians were being forced onto small land it was clearly shown the desire and determination the Americans had to force the Indians out. Without warning the Native Americans …show more content…
Their formidable effort was evident by the Native Americans getting an outcome of treaties, trying to be equal. In fact, Secretary of War William H Crawford addressed a letter to commanders stating “Intrusions upon the lands of the friendly Indian tribes, is not only a violation of the laws but in direct opposition to the policy of the government towards its savage neighbors”. William H Crawford is referring, that if anyone mistreats the Indians by attempting to steal their land, military forces will intrude the Americans removing them by force. This deeply illustrates that the two distinct groups overcame the obstacles of being distinctive from each other, showing acceptance from both groups When Cherokee seemed more desirable to the American civilians, the Ideology of Andrew Jackson made them seem like savages disregarding their true personalities. In the text that Andrew Jackson proclaimed to James Monroe stating “I have long viewed treaties with the Indians an absurdity not to be reconciled to the principles of our government. The Indians are the subjects of the United States, inhabiting its territory and acknowledging its sovereignty”(doc2). Before Andrew Jackson became a part of the government the Cherokee were getting respect from the American Citizens, starting to become a sovereign nation. After the letter to James Monroe was sent in 1827