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Indian removal act of 1830s

Andrew Jacksons take on the removal act The Indian Removal Act came into play in 1830s. Congress passed the Indian removal act. This would force Native Americans to move west. I feel that condoning the Indian removal act was indeed the right thing to do. If I allowed the Indians of the Cherokee tribe to stay in their original area, it would have required too many troops to keep the area free of white settlers. That is why I decided to move the Indians farther west. Andrew Jacksons message to congress about the Indian removal act. A few months after the passage of the removal act I gave a second message to congress. I stated in my message how the Indian removal act will benefit everyone including the Indians themselves. Removing the Indians and having their land would place a civilized population in large tracts of countries. If we open territory between Tennessee on the north and Louisiana on the south for the whites it would strengthen the frontier. The Cherokee fight back The Cherokee nation tried to win a treatment through the U.S legal system, trying to keep their land from getting Invaded from white settlers. The marshal refused to rule on their first case because he believed Cherokee nation had no federal standing. The Cherokee then later worked with Samuel Austin. Knowing that the court would have to listen to a citizen. When the Cherokee won recognition as a community,

Georgia was not allowed to invade their lands.

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