Monday, March 21, 2011
Blog Assignment 6- Native American Treatment and Removal in the 1800s
Over the past unit we have studied and discussed how the United States moved from being a country of 13 states along the Atlantic Coast to a vast area reaching all the way to the Pacific Ocean. We looked at the explorers that traveled the new vast land and finally today we talked about the settlers and pioneers that risked everything to move West. Unfortunately the expansion and settlement was was not positive for everyone. The Native Americans were often moved from their land onto reservations in areas like Oklahoma. Those who resisted were forced by the military and many many died from disease. Read pages 368-369 in your book. It gives an example of this when in 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act to make the Cherokee Tribe leave Florida. For this blog assignment you need to write at least six sentences summing up what happened to the Cherokee on the pages you read, write how it makes you feel, and then tell me how things could have been done differently.
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Though the Cherokee were peaceful people, they didn't want settlers in their lands. President Andrew Jackson then signed a law called the Indian Removal Act making the Cherokee and any other Indian tribe go to an area caleed the Indian Territories. It was west of the Mississippi river, in what is now the state of Oklahoma. Then Georgia gave the land owned by the Cherokee to new settlers looking for land. Well that made the Chief John Ross very mad so he went to court to testify for the Cherokee's rights. The Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee but then President Jackson disapproved.
ReplyDeleteVan Buren was then elected and agreed with President Jackson and mawde the army send the Cherokee along what was known as the road of tears. I think that the U.S. at that time should have given the some land and didn't force them to leave and walk 800 miles through bad weather while soldiers guarded them. They should have simply just split the land the Cherokee owned into two and made a peace offering.
Kayla Yarbrough
The U.S. and President Jackson tried to force the Cherokee Indians out of their land, in 1830. But, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Georgia could not take the Cherokee's land and give it to the new settlers. However, President Jackson ignored the Surpreme Court and made the Indians leave and go west. The Cherokee Indians had to travel 800 miles to get to the new Indian Territory. I feel that this was very unfair to the Indians that we took the land that was rightfully theirs and made them move. Thousands of Indians died on the long hard journey that we made them take. I think that we could have done this differently by letting the new settlers live in the unpopulated areas of the country or we could've asked the Indians to share their land.
ReplyDeleteSiena Corbin
The cherokee indianns were forced out if there land. They were moved out of their land because the president made them move out and even had the milatary come!!! The president had live on a reservation. During this transformasion many indians died. I think this was unfair. I understand why President Jackson made them move, because he had bought the land and he wanted settlers to move in. I still think that we could of shared the land. Anyway how much space to indians take up?
ReplyDeleteCourtney Bryant
Cherokee people were peaceful, but they wanted to live like Indians. New settlers wanted their land - especially after they heard about gold being found in the land. President Jackson signed a law called the Indian Removal Act which made the Cherokee and other Indians leave their home and go to the Indian Territory. John Ross, who was the Cherokee chief, tried to break this law, but lost. Even the next president, Van Buren, forced the Indians to move. About 25% of the Indians died walking the 800 miles from Flordia to Oklahoma. This journey is called the Trail of Tears. I think the Indians were treated unfairly - the U.S. just took their land. The land could have been split peacefully and the Indians could have stayed.
ReplyDeleteDrew Crawmer
The Cherokee peopl were peacful people but hey didnt want other people in their lands.Other people wanted to come to there land for many reasons including that gold had been found there.So Presidenr Andrew Jacksondecide to sign a law called the Indian Removal Act which made many Indian tribes leave and go to reservations in Oklahoma and other places.The Cherokee people tried to banish this law but failed.Many Indians died in Trail Of Tears which was the walk from florida to oklahoma.I think that the indians were treated unfairly because it was there land and it wasnt our land to take i think we should have just left them alone and dont try to start issues with the Indian people. Tre Blakes
ReplyDeleteThe Cherokee tribe was peaceful but they didn't want strangers on their land. after gold was found there was no way they could keep their land. They kept fighting in court and the chief justice sided with them. But after president Jackson was another president named Martin Van Buren who also wanted to take the Cherokees' land. Van Buren sent American troops to take the rest of the Cherokees west. About one fourth of the Cherokee people died. These people did not want to move off of their land, but we made them. I think they were treated very unfairly and America should look at this as bad times.
ReplyDeleteNoah Barber
The Cherokee tribe were a peaceful bunch until stranger came into their territory. Which was almost impossible because had been gold had been found on their land. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHANNAH PRICE☀☮☮✞✞♒♒☯♥♥✎☹♲♬♫♪♩
the cherokee tribe's were very peaceful but not very friendly to the new settlers. they didnt want any other people on there land other than their tribe. settlers wanted their territory expecillay after gold was found. our president andrew jackson signed a bill stating that indians could be removed from their territory's. they were forced to move to oklahoma and other indian terriotrys. the indians were very stubborn and didnt want to move. Van buern forced the indians to move out. Aboout 25% of our native americans that lived in our newly purchased areas died on the way to oklahoma. this was called the land of tears because on the way they cried because they had to leave their homes and houses behide them. this was very unfair cause we had just moved in and they had lived there for much longer than us. they deserved to have a little bit of land where they first lived there.
ReplyDeleteAudrey morgan :)