JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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American expansion westward affected the Native Americans in that:
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Their tribal traditions would be protected under American principles of freedom and equality.
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Their lands would be protected from invasion of the British, French and Spanish.
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They were often captured and sold into slavery.
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They were repeatedly moved to reservations, and often defeated in battle when they resisted American encroachment into their lands.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Relocation was either voluntary or forced. Army and militia patrols supervised the tribes’ westward journey. It is estimated that between 1830 and 1840 the government relocated more than 70, 000 Native Americans, thousands of whom died along what came to be known as the Trail of Tears.
Detailed explanation-2: -It also affected Native Americans by opening up western settlement and creating governments hostile to their territorial claims. Even more broadly, the Revolution ended the mercantilist economy, opening new opportunities in trade and manufacturing.
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