how did the trail of tears begin?why did president jackson remove the cherokee?

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Answer 1

The important thing to realize is that Andrew Jackson did not hate Indians, but he realized that the Indians were used by pretty much every European power against their enemies. The British had used Indian allies in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the French used them in the French and Indian War.

In short, having potentially Indian tribes in the middle of existing states was a huge security issue. Worse, he knew that protecting Indian rights in the current situation (at that time) was almost impossible - he knew that he could not rely on state militias to fire on white squatters that were squatting on Indian land.

Rather than attempting to forcibly move them, Jackson tried very hard to use treaties and land sales, moving Indians across the Mississippi via negotiation. His successor, Van Buren was less inclined to play nice, and the state governments involved certainly were not working on the Cherokee's best interests. It should be noted that Jackson did not enforce the treaty - Van Buren did. The method of enforcement was worse than the treaty itself.

Part of the problem was also the Indians' standpoint towards treaties - most Indians did not see themselves as being bound by a treaty that they did not personally agree to. Europeans were used to speaking to one person who had authority over an entire nation or people, whereas even a powerful and respected Indian leader did not have the sort of authority that Europeans expected. Whites would also often get one faction of a tribe to sign a treaty - even if they knew perfectly well that said faction didn't have the authority to do so, then enforced it rigorously. The faction signing the treaty often were just as guilty as the whites - they were essentially selling land that wasn't theirs.

In the case of the Treaty of New Echota (the treaty that forced the removal), the "leaders" that signed the document were not the elected leaders of the Cherokee, and they were violating a tribal law that forbade giving away Cherokee land on the pain of death. The US ratified the treaty and enforced it - even though the treaty was obviously fraudulent, and even many whites in America spoke against it because it was of dubious legality.

Answer 2

The Indians were relocated by the white men, so they were moved from their homes to another area out west. Along the journey, many Indians died from poor conditions. Jackson wanted to remove them to make room for white people to live.

Answer 3

Barrack Obama, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey were flying on Obama's deepest airplane. Obama regarded at Oprah, chuckled and stated, 'you already know, i might want to throw a $a million,000 bill out of the window as we talk and make someone more than chuffed.' Oprah shrugged her shoulders and replied, 'i might want to throw ten $one hundred expenditures out of the window and make ten people more than chuffed. Michelle extra, 'That being the case, i might want to throw 100 $10 expenditures out of the window and make 100 people more than chuffed.' listening to their substitute, the pilot rolled his eyes and stated to his co-pilot, 'Such enormous-images back there. i might want to throw all of them out of the window and make fifty six million people more than chuffed.'