JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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Question
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As Principal Chief of the Cherokees, John Ross
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Believed the Cherokees’ best chance of survival was to accept removal
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Followed the wishes of the majority of the Cherokees and resisted removal
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Wasn’t trusted by the Cherokees because he had more white ancestry than Cherokee ancestry
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Never learned to speak Cherokee
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In response, Cherokee chief John Ross submitted his Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation to Congress to declare the Treaty of New Echota void.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1828, John Ross was elected the Principal Chief of the Cherokee. By then, the U.S. government wanted to take Cherokee land for new settlers. Ross refused to let them take it. He often traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak for his people and stop their land from being stolen.
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