Removal of Native Americans Purposed by Andrew Jackson

- Removal of Native American Proposed by Andrew Jackson

One of President Andrew Jackson 's most characterizing moments came when he drafted a proposal for the removal of native people living in the eastern part of the United States . Though there were sensitive issues of culture and humanity at play in the idea of removing these natives Jackson wrote and enacted a plan that was particularly obtuse and inconsiderate of those ideals . With his plan , he set the precedent for American relations with natives and set the stage for conflicts that would continue

decades into the future

Jackson 's removal plan itself was a fairly simple one . It was based upon the theory that the culture and attitudes of the native people would not mesh with the newly settled Americans that inhabited those lands . He went so far as to write in his proposal that , The plan for removal and reestablishment is founded upon the knowledge we have gained of their character and habits and has been dictated by a spirit of large liberality (Jackson . The interesting thing about his proposal was that Jackson based his decision upon his own very limited knowledge , as well as some of the prejudices that obviously permeated his thinking The President did have within his plan some benefits for both the American people and for the natives that he was so graciously kicking off of their own land . He writes of the fact that they will supply the natives with their own territory where...