Indian removal assignment Essays - Free Essays, Term Papers

Indian removal assignment Essays - Free Essays, Term Papers Yasmine Gist U.S History John Paris 28 November 2018 Indian Removal Jackson says that taking over the native land will help to provide resources for the natives. This is positive because the Natives will have access to resources they did not have before. Jackson also thought that taking over their land would help to civilize the native people. If the Natives where under his power, he believed the natives would advance. Jackson also believed that the Native Americans were falling apart so if they were placed under his rule then it would make them stronger and have a better bond. Jackson thinks the white race is superior because he thinks the Natives should join his race. Jackson saying that taking over their land will help them be more civilized is pro-white because he's basically saying that white people are more civilized people and that the natives are not and because of that we can fix them. Jackson also assumes that his race has more resources making his to assume whites have better advancements. I believe we should condemn these goals these goals as paternalistic arrogance. I believe that humans have a basic understanding of what is right and what is wrong. I don't think Jackson had good intentions. The natives were human beings that were treated awful and Jackson thought he was inferior. Jackson suggest a compromise between the Natives and the Americans. The compromise suggest that the Natives migrate past the Mississippi if they want to continue their Native culture. Jackson proposes this because then the Natives can have their own space but if they do choose to stay, they have to follow Jackson's laws. This is the most beneficial policy for Natives because Jackson is giving them a choice and they are not being forced. Both have a Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch and also promise to a fair trial. These promises are both in the Cherokee Constitution and the U.S constitution. The Authors would not be happy with Jacksons civilizing goals. I believe they would have been insulted because in a lot of ways they have similarities and could have worked together, but instead Jackson in a way wanted to have control over them. "Chiefs, head-men and warriors! Will you then, by resistance, compel us to resort to arms? God forbid! Or will you, by flight, seek to hid yourselves in mountains and forests, and thus oblige us to hunt you down? Remember that, in pursuit, it may be impossible to avoid conflicts." I don't think it was necessary to to say to the Natives that they would get hunted down if they didn't obey. It Sounds like they would kill them. "The blood of the white man or the blood of the red man may be spilt, and, if spilt, however accidentally, it may be impossible for the discreet and humane among you, or among us, to prevent a general war and carnage. "This was also not necessary to threaten the Natives with a bloody war. One hardship the Natives endured was the cruel treatment they received from the soilders. Natives were whipped and arrested if they did not follow direct orders. Another hardship was the conditions the Natives had to travel. They did not have the resources to survive so a lot of Natives died. Both of these hardships could have been avoided if the Americans let them be and not force them to leave their homes. Since Americans were forcing the Natives out, they could of provided an adequate amount of resources but they didn't. "Murder is murder, and somebody must answer. Somebody must explain the streams of blood that flowed in the Indian country in the summer of 1838. Somebody must explain the 4000 silent graves that mark the trail of the Cherokees to their exile. I wish I could forget it all, but the picture of 645 wagons lumbering over the frozen ground with their cargo of suffering humanity still lingers in my memory." It is clear in this statement he regrets it because he says he wish he could forget it all and that murder is bad. "Truth is, the facts are being concealed from the young people of today. School children of today