Jackson
"The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830's was more a Reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790's than a change in that policy." The dictum above is firm and can be easily proved by examining the administration of Jackson and comparison to the traditional course which was carried out for about 40 years. After 1825 the federal government attempted to remove all eastern Indians to the Great Plains area of the Far West. The Cherokee Indians of northwestern Georgia, in order to protect themselves from removal, made up a constitution which said that the Cherokee Indians were sovereign and not subject to the laws of Georgia. When the Cherokee sought help from the Congress that body only allotted lands in the West and urged them to move. The Supreme Court, however, in Worcester vs. Georgia, ruled that they constituted a "domestic dependent nation" not subject to the laws of Georgia. Jackson, who sympathized with the frontiersman, was so outraged that he refused to enforce the decision. Instead he persuaded the tribe to give up its Georgia lands for a reservation west of the Mississippi.
According to Document E, "[In exchange for Georgia's cession of claims to certain western lands] . " The statement above, explains how the United States is being avaricious in expanding the State of Georgia into Cherokee lands. to all the other Lands within the State of Georgia. According to Document P, "The Cherokee Nation, then is a distinct community . For the removal of the tribes within the limits of the State of Georgia, the motive has been peculiarly strong, arising from the compact with that State, whereby the United States are bound to extinguish the Indian title to the lands within it, whenever it may be done peaceably and on reasonable conditions. " The statement made by Henry Knox shows an ethnocentric view toward the Indians. " The use of the word savages shows that the American had irreverence toward other ethnic backgrounds. Jefferson was attempting to be benevolent toward the Indians, but Jefferson was only trying to acquire the land for the United States. Marshall announced that the laws of Georgia are not applicable within the Cherokee Lands, and the constitution acknowledges the sovereignty of its bordering territories. [I am] deeply impressed with the opinion that the removal of the Indian tribes from the lands which they now occupy .
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