Andrew Jackson On Indian Removal Summary

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The purpose of this essay is to analyze Andrew Jackson’s message to Congress “On Indian Removal” (1830). In the message, Jackson stated that the removal would be the advantages for not only the United States but also the Indians themselves but the ultimate result seems to say otherwise. In the early nineteenth century, Indian land became appealing to Southerners as they were seeking for land to expand their territory to accommodate the growing population and its need for agricultural land. They sought help from the government to push the “Five Civilized Tribes” including the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles out of their ancestral land to make room for white settlement. As a result, the Indian Removal Act was passed, giving Jackson the right to relocate the …show more content…
With the Chickasaw and the Choctaw accepting their removal, Jackson reported with pleasure in the message that the plan was “approaching to a happy consummation”, believing that the remaining tribes would eventually do the same. He stated that one of the advantages for the Indian would be the opportunity to “cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community.” However, completely different from what Jackson described, the five tribes had made great efforts in blending into the American society, especially the Cherokee. They “established schools, adopted written laws and a constitution modeled on that of the United States and became successful famers, many of whom owned slaves.” (Foner, 382) The Cherokee resisted by declaring themselves as an independent nation but Jackson negotiated with a small fraction of the tribe to cede their land. In the end, about 18000 members of the Cherokee were forced to move west and “at least one-quarter perished during the winter of 1838 – 1839 on the Trial of Tears.” (Foner 383) The message mentioned that by
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