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The Indian Removal Act and Andrew Jackson
The Indian Removal Act
was urged by Andrew Jackson. He had fought and defeated the Creek
Indians in 1814 during his military career and had led the Indian
Removal Campaign helping to negotiate 11 Important treaties to remove
Native American Indians from their lands. From a legal perspective
the United States Constitution empowered Congress to "regulate
commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and
with the Indian tribes." When Andrew Jackson became President he
adopted a systematic approach to the removal of Native American
Indians based on this legal precedent and quickly encouraged
Congress to pass the 1830 Indian Removal Act.
Why was the
1830 Indian Removal Act passed?
The 1830 Indian Removal
Act was passed as a popular law for the voters who were looking for
relocation to rich farmlands in the Southern United States to grow
fruit and cotton. Native Indian lands were required for
transportation routes for settlers and new lands were required to
open new economic opportunities and development. The discovery of
gold in Georgia in 1828 led to more aggressive demands for the
speedy removal of Native American Indians. The target was the lands
inhabited by the
Five Civilized Tribes. The Five Civilized Tribes consisted of
the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole and Chickasaw Native Indians.
What was the purpose of the
1830 Indian Removal Act?
The purpose of the 1830 Indian Removal
Act was to relocate Native American Indians, especially Southern
tribes, from land east of the Mississippi by granting them land west
of the Mississippi. The legislation was fiercely contested in
Congress and it narrowly passed.
What did the
1830 Indian Removal Act do?
The 1830 Indian Removal
Act: ● Provided $500,000 to
establish districts west of the Mississippi River
● Allowed for the trade or exchange
eastern tribal lands for those districts
● Allowed for the Native
Indian tribes to be compensated for the cost of their removal and the improvements
on their homesteads
● Allowed to pay one years worth
subsistence to those Native Indians who relocated to the west
What was the Effect of the
1830 Indian Removal Act?
The 1830 Indian Removal
Act ● Jackson's popularity with
the American public, partly due to the benefits derived from the
Indian Removal Act, led to his landslide re-election in 1832
● Government agents were
authorized to negotiate and enforce treaties
● The Choctaw were removed
in 1831 (Treaty of Dancing Rabbit)
● The Seminole were removed
in 1832 (Treaty of Payne’s Landing)
● The Creek were removed in
1834 (Treaty of Washington)
● The Chickasaw were removed
in 1837 (Treaty of Pontotoc)
● The Cherokee were removed
in 1838 (Treaty of New Echota)
● Georgia held the Gold
Lottery of 1832, which awarded land which was owned by the
Cherokee to the winners of the lottery in 40 acre plots
What was the Significance of the
1830 Indian Removal Act?
The 1830 Indian Removal
Act ● Over 60 removal treaties
were signed which resulted in the forced migration of
approximately 60,000 Native Americans - the government violated
many of the treaties
● Although the removal was
supposed to be voluntary, relocation of the tribes became
mandatory whenever the government thought it was necessary
● Millions of acres of lands
were opened to settlers moving to the west
● ● This led to excessive land
speculation and the Specie
Circular
● Many of the eastern tribes
were destroyed or decimated, their cultures lost
● The 1830 Indian Removal
Act was the first Important legislation that reversed the U.S.
policy of respecting the rights of American Indians
● The law led to the
terrible, tragic journey in 1838, known as the
Trail of Tears, during which one third lost their lives
moving from their homelands in the Deep South to reservations in
Oklahoma
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The 1830
Indian Removal Act
contributed to the belief in the
Manifest Destiny of the United States
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