JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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They were interested in how white Americans lived.
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They hoped they would be allowed to live peacefully if they adopted European ideas. They wanted to keep their land.
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They wanted to improve their lives within their tribes by acting like white Americans and adopting some of their inventions.
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They wanted to change their tribe into a town like the white Americans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The word civilized was applied to the five tribes because, broadly speaking, they had developed extensive economic ties with whites or had assimilated into American settler culture. Some members of these southeastern tribes had adopted European clothing, spoke English, practiced Christianity, and even owned slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term “Five Civilized Tribes” came into use during the mid-nineteenth century to refer to the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dawes Act of February 8, 1887 marks a turning point in determining tribal citizenship. This Act developed a Federal commission tasked with creating Final Rolls for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma (Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Five Civilized Tribes They commanded more than 40, 000 square miles in the southern Appalachians by 1650 with a population estimated at 22, 500. They lived in permanent villages near broad river bottoms suitable for agriculture. They were a single tribe composed of seven clans.