FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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for them to be religious
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for them to dress like Europeans/white Americans
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their farming skills
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their land
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Detailed explanation-1: -These Indian nations, in the view of the settlers and many other white Americans, were standing in the way of progress. Eager for land to raise cotton, the settlers pressured the federal government to acquire Indian territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Colonists came to America because they wanted political liberty. They wanted religious freedom and economic opportunity. The United States is a country where individual rights and self-government are important.
Detailed explanation-3: -They brought with them manufactured goods-blankets, cookware, knives, guns-to exchange for beaver, deer and other skins that sold for high prices in Europe. Internal competition among both American Indians and European sides of the trading partnership led to conflicts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jackson declared that removal would “incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier.” Clearing Alabama and Mississippi of their Indian populations, he said, would “enable those states to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power."