With the end of John Quincy Adams’ presidency came the end of the Virginia Dynasty of Presidents (meaning that all the previous presidents were originally from the state of Virginia). When the presidential election of 1830 had come around it seemed that another president would come about, but a man of the common man had come who would expand the United States and its borders beyond what they already were. This man was Mr. Andrew Jackson, the hero of the battle at New Orleans during the War of 1812. When Jackson had assumed the presidency he was faced with a momentous challenge. That being the United States was in current need of more land... Jackson had a multitude of options to choose from to accomplish this; he could have done something …show more content…
Being in the middle of the South, the Creek Indians were surrounded by plantation owners and frontiersmen on all sides along with the Cherokee Indians. Being surrounded on all sides, they were in constant conflict with white protestors and squatters who believed they had a right to settle and obtain Indian land. The squatters did this with no actual approval, but a belief in Georgia is sovereign, and was not. The problem is that Georgia failed to recognize that the Creeks had proclaimed themselves their own sovereign state. But Georgia believed that the United States Constitution made this null and void. The Indians believed that since they were a part of the United States they should be entitled to protection under its laws, but since this was not working they were left with another choice, and decided to take action against the Indian Removal Act and Georgia. Being very cultured and knowledgeable in the ways of the white man and their laws they decided to use Georgia’s strategy of law against in a “fight fire with fire” sort of sense to join the Cherokee Nation in suing the state of Georgia in a case that would eventually go all the way to the Supreme Court. The Indians had also decided to insult to injury by hiring the former attorney general under Adams and Monroe, William Wirt. Jackson had showed his disdain of this action by commenting “The course of Wirt has truly been wicked” (Remini 242). This comment also shows the betrayal Jackson felt knowing that a fellow American was hindering the inevitable expansion of the United States and removal of the Indians. But with Wirt’s law expertise, their knowledge of United States laws, and continued pressure from Georgia’s civilians invading their land, they eventually conceded and signed the Treaty of 1832, relinquishing the rights to their land and moving
This made Jackson have to make an ultimate decision, either he should support the tariff or if he should not. He thought about the union and if the south secedes, then it would not be called The United States. Furthermore, Jackson was known as the common man, which
While it may seem unjustified, Jackson’s decision to relocate the Cherokee Indians was a less subtle affirmation of the political,
A Man That Was Our President, A Villain?! A villain usually wears masks and wants to destroy the world, but that’s not the case this time. This time we are talking about a man who rides a horse and just happened to be the president of the United States. A man that bribed people to help him become president.
In 1828, Georgia passed a string of laws that violated the rights of the Cherokee people. One of the law passed by the state of Georgia also allowed the removal of the Cherokee from their own land After the settlers that were after the natives land had been burn and destroying houses and towns, and trespassing among other things, with the support of the state government the Cherokee’s brought a case to the supreme court. The treaties negotiated between Georgia and the Cherokee were negotiated as the Cherokee as an Independent Nation, this guaranteed the independence of both the land and the people of the Cherokee Nations. Cherokee tried negotiating with congress and Andrew Jackson, both of which failed. The Cherokee Nation, represented by John Ross who was the principal chief of the Cherokee’s, then filed for an Injunction at the Supreme Court against Georgia repeal the unfair laws.
In the current situation, Jackson believed that the Indians would only live in constant warfare with Americans if they remained in the states, and that being "surrounded by the whites with their arts of civilization" would "doom him to weakness and decay (Norton Mix, 141)." He then argued that the nation's sense of "humanity and national honor demand that every effort should be made to avert so great a calamity (Norton Mix, 141). " By providing a solution for both sides, Jackson took on a sympathetic approach to justify the removal of the Indian tribes to the West of the Mississippi River where they "may be secured in the enjoyment of governments of their own choice (Norton Mix,
Because of that Jackson believed that they could be removed with violence. Andrew Jackson was a good president even though he did not respect the indians. The people also believed that he could defend them, since he was a general in the Battle of New Orleans. He made a courteous society instead of crooked democrats. Jackson was distinguished as a "true American" when he was a candidate for president.
In the case of Worchester v. Georgia, presented in 1832, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokees. As the Chief Justice said, the states’ actions towards the Cherokees were “repugnant to the Constitution, law, and treaties of the United States.” However, Andrew Jackson and the states ignored the ruling. As a result, in 1838 the American Indians were forced out of their homes and shoved into diseased stockades. After years of fighting and struggling for their rights, the Cherokees lost everything due to a misuse of power.
They asked Congress to help protect their rights from Georgia and not let their land be taken away from them. As the case went up in the rank of court, the Cherokee also wrote a document that would state reason why they shouldn’t be moved west beyond the
Andrew Jackson was one of the most proud and aggressive presidents the United States of America had seen so far in it’s young age. A demonstration of such a personality was his enforcement of the Native American Removal Policy. This Policy stated that all Natives be moved west of the Mississippi River, regardless of the Supreme Court’s rulings. This act of removing Native Americans from The United States of America was very beneficial to Americans, but unfortunately, was not helpful to the Native Americans at all. From this policy, Americans would gain more land, end America’s dispute between states and Federation on Indians, and would allow existing states to have a larger population and stronger militia.
The Cherokee took the Georgian government to court over their land rights. It eventually escalated to Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the Cherokee keeping their land. However, the president, Andrew Jackson was used the power given to him in the Indian Removal Act to reject the Supreme Court’s ruling and kick the Cherokee off anyway. Much later in 1838, the Cherokee were forced to walk 1,200 miles from their land all the way to Oklahoma,in what is now called the Trail of Tears. It was full of horrible violations of basic human rights, such as being granted no place to sleep and were deprived of rest during the frigid winter.
Andrew Jackson's personal and political values largely reflected those of early American colonists, but he was a man of contradiction. While he professed to be a strong Christian, and seemed to become more so as he got older, he was a strong supporter of slavery and believed that Indians, or native Americans, were "children, who required guidance. Early American colonists started the American revolution because they believed that every man should have a voice in government, that true representative government was the right way to run the new United States. Jackson was a strong supporter of this concept.
Even the Supreme Court couldn’t help the Cherokee Nation because Georgia law does not apply to Georgia law. In 1838, President Martin van Buren used the New Echota Treaty and forcibly removed any Cherokee that was still on the land. “ Sixteen thousand Cherokee began the journey, but harsh weather, poor planning, and difficult travel resulted in between 3,000-4,000 deaths on what became known as the Trail of Tears” (yawp). Some Native American Nation’s still dislike/fear the American government. We have taken over Native American land and left them with
Coming into the courtroom I believe Jackson was a vicious president who just wanted to kill to get his way, but in the trial, I came to the consensus that Jackson isn’t always that angry old man people perceive him to be. Sure, he’s killed many people and could’ve possibly led to many more deaths, but his crimes against humanities was never fully brought to light. I believed, that prosecution proved that he was an immoral, violent and at times vicious president, but they never proved he committed a large enough crime to affect humanity. In the opening statements, prosecution called Jackson a president that failed to do his job.
Jackson ignored the Supreme Court. He continued forcing indians out the west. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears. One-fourth of indians died from this journey. Just because Jackson was put on the $20 bill doesn’t mean he did not do bad things.
In 1830, the US had recently purchased land that had originally belonged to the Native Americans. The Native Americans were not happy about having to give up their land, and settlers were coming in day and night and taking over what was before their territory. There were always conflicts between the two nations, even at one point coming to terms of a battle. Over time, the US had successfully claimed all of the land except for a part of Georgia. To claim this part of Georgia, President Andrew Jackson issued the Indian Removal Act.