MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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It reinforced Thomas Jefferson’s priorities to maintain positive relationships with Native Americans.
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It created a new policy of removing Native American people from their land in the hopes that they would do better out west.
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It did not change the existing relationship between the U.S. and Native Americans, as there was little communication between the two.
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It worsened existing tensions with Native Americans by granting white settlers access to Native-occupied land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Louisiana Purchase impact America’s relations with Native Americans? It reinforced Thomas Jefferson’s priorities to maintain positive relationships with Native Americans. It created a new policy of removing Native American people from their land in the hopes that they would do better out west.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ultimately, Native people were forcibly moved on to reservations, losing vast acreage of their tribal lands, and the U.S. Government would force them to change their ways of life and try to erase their religions and cultural heritage.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase? The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -But it came at a great cost to Native Americans. Subject to unfair treaties and genocidal and discriminatory policies, they paid the price for the United States’ westward expansion. By 1840, the U.S. had forced tens of thousands of Native Americans from their lands along the Trail of Tears.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Louisiana Purchase Was Driven by a Slave Rebellion. Napoleon was eager to sell-but the purchase would end up expanding slavery in the U.S. Napoleon was eager to sell-but the purchase would end up expanding slavery in the U.S. Children in pens.