The Expanding Republic Meant Removal For The Cherokee Indians

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The Cherokee Indians and the Expanding Republic

The early decision to allow more white settlers in the boundaries of the bs of the Cherokee nation coupled with President Jackson 's bias against Native Americans led to the expulsion of the Indians from their tribal domain

At the start of the relationship between the Native Americans and the Europeans who migrated to the New World , it was one characterized by friendly and mutually beneficial give and take . However , as time went

br on , and more and more white settlers came into the Native American landscape , the population of the Indians were almost decimated by exposure to various white man 's diseases . The Native Americans also did not have any potable weapon to ward off white settlements and their tribal forms of governance were much too small in numbers as against the burgeoning white man 's population (Brinkley 2-3

The relationship with the white settlers was further complicated by the British-American war that started in 1775 (Brinkley 70 138 ) Some Native American tribes sided with the British while others tried to remain neutral or sided with the revolting Americans . The Cherokee people belonged to the five (5 ) tribes that were considered partially civilized as they had had decades of trade and intermarriage experience with the white settlers particularly in the state of Georgia . The other four tribes were the Creeks , Seminoles , Chickasaws and Choctaws (Brinkley 138

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