Indian Removal Act by Ethan Doll https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC Please describe the Indian Removal Act en-us 2019-03-19 17:45:04 UTC 2025-11-02 02:31:42 UTC hello@padlet.com May of 1830 - the act was passed by only five votes and days later was set into action by president Jackson 3dolle https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343463877 2019-03-20 17:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343463877 n May 1838, General Winfield Scott arrived in the Cherokee Nation with 7,000 troops to remove the remaining Cherokee by force. He told them that resistance and escape were hopeless. The Cherokee knew that fighting would lead to their destruction. Filled with sadness and anger, Cherokee leaders gave in. 3dolle https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343467468 2019-03-20 17:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343467468 3lingh https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343469109 Between June and December 1838, soldiers rounded up Cherokee in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Under guard, the Cherokee began their march to Indian Territory in the West.Most people were not prepared for the journey. ]]> 2019-03-20 17:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343469109 Andrew Jackson supported the white settlers' demand for Native American land. 3lingh https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343470588 2019-03-20 17:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343470588 He had once fought the Creek and Seminole in Georgia and Florida to give the settlers more land. When he became president in 1829, he stated that he wanted to move all Native Americans to the Great Plains. Many people believed this region to be a wasteland where American settlers would never want to live. Many people thought that if all Native Americans moved there, conflict with them would be ended. 3lingh https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343470725 2019-03-20 17:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343470725 Though Americans recognized the success of the Five Civilized Tribes, they did not necessarily respect their rights. In fact, some white people wanted the Native Americans' lands for themselves. 3lingh https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343470851 2019-03-20 17:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343470851 Most eastern Native American peoples felt forced to sell their land and move west. The Cherokee refused to do so. In treaties of the 1790s, the federal government had recognized the Cherokee as a separate nation. 3lingh https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343471029 2019-03-20 17:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343471029 They faced pressure in the early 1830s to sign treaties giving up their land, but the Seminole leader Osceola and his followers refused to leave. They decided to fight instead. Osceola was born a Creek but lived among the Seminole of Florida. "I will make the white man red with blood, and then blacken him in the sun and rain," Osceola vowed. 3dolle https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343471426 2019-03-20 17:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343471426 The bill stated that the Indians wouldn’t not treat the native tribes with and harsh or unfair treatment. 3lingh https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343472544 2019-03-20 17:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3dolle/SC/wish/343472544