JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
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In the late 1700s, peace treaties were signed with the Cherokees
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The land that once belonged to the American Indians was taken.
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The Cherokee Nation was formed and they wrote a constitution, elected a president and a council.
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The first real gold rush started in 1829
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancestors of the American Indians were nomadic hunters of northeast Asia who migrated over the Bering Strait land bridge into North America probably during the last glacial period (11, 500–30, 000 years ago). By c. 10, 000 bc they had occupied much of North, Central, and South America.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the next decade, the colonists conducted search and destroy raids on Native American settlements. They burned villages and corn crops (ironic, in that the English were often starving). Both sides committed atrocities against the other.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Native Americans provided skins, hides, food, knowledge, and other crucial materials and supplies, while the settlers traded beads and other types of currency (also known as “wampum”) in exchange for these goods.
Detailed explanation-4: -For most of the middle part of the 19th century, the U.S. government pursued a policy known as “allotment and assimilation.” Pursuant to treaties that were often forced upon tribes, common reservation land was allotted to individual families.