The colonists' relationship with the Indians

The future of colonial America had once depended on their relationship with the Native Americans. American colonies in both succeeded and failed due to the relationship with the Native Americans. Settlers took different approaches to indigenous and ended up with different results. (Richter 32) Some colonies learned to co-exist with the natives through trial and error. Many different events took place to show that a positive relationship between English colonists and Native Americans aided in the development of American colonies.The Indian Removal Act was ratified by Congress in 1830 with full support of President Andrew Jackson. The Removal Act stated that all Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi River were relocated to lands west of the Mississippi river, including those that are adapted to white ways. It is a law passed on May 28, 1830 and was the first major legislation to reverse the rules in the U.S. respect the rights of Native Americans.One of the main arguments that Indian removal Indian supporters used against opponents removal, is how uncivilized the Native Americans were and are not. (Thornton 67) Many religious people, authors, and more particularly from the northeast part of the U.S. argued for cultural and economic improvement among the tribes. They believe that it is possible for Native Americans to be able to engage in modern moral behavior. So basically, the solution should be on issues of Native Americans living in the newly formed U.S. had to change their culture and take part in a European lifestyle of farming, family, clothing, and God.Southerners, on the other hand, felt that the Europeanization of Native Americans is impossible because of their racial inferiority. Elias Boudinot sees no sign of improvement of civilization to the Native American tribes (Document I), and Andrew Jackson's first annual message he says that America's attempt to civilize them have not shown much success.Andrew Jackson's Second Annual Message, Jackson stated that, "Humanity has often wept at the fate of the aborigines of this country, and philanthropy has been long busily work on devising ways to avert it, but its progress has never for arrested in a moment, and another one has many powerful tribes disappeared from the earth. "(Document E) and Senator Robert Adams Speech He says" the fate of the unfortunate Indian. " (Document G) This meant that they thought the killing of Native Americans was inevitable and the only hope for Native American survival, according to Andrew Jackson, has been moved to distant lands of American civilization . With the words spoken by Senator Peleg Sprague is something that nature should be the one to decide the fate of Native Americans not of hatred of white authority (Document H).

She stated that Native Americans choosing to stay east of the Mississippi are subject to the laws and the scope of state and federal government. Native American sovereignty and ownership of land that exists only to such an extent that it could be surrendered to the government of the United ...