The Indian Removal

The Debate over Indian Removal

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Having ventured into the vast land that is America , the white settlers had found themselves at conflict with the Indians they found already in the land . The settlers set out to change the Indians ' way of life by dedicating themselves to introducing western civilization to the Indians , whom they deemed as uncivilized and who saw their wandering as a result of their uncivilized ways . In 1830 , President Andrew Jackson 's administration passed the Indian Removal Act , passing through Congress by one vote

. The Cherokee Indians were most affected by the act , which came to be because they resisted the white settlers ' attempts to take over their lands , despite the fact that they were a civilized people and did not threaten the existence of the whites , with whom they were living peacefully . The president believed that only the removal of Indians to the regions beyond the Mississippi would solve the issue . The Cherokees sought the intervention of the Supreme Court and won the case (Historynet , 2010 . This paper will look into the debates surrounding the matter and try to establish which side 's argument was better

At the First Annual Address to Congress , President President Andrew Jackson (1829 , argued that both Georgia and Alabama , having become parts of the US , they have every right over the Indians as much as any other state . According to him , it is too late to start delving into the past in order to determine whether their inclusion...