(The Marshall Trilogy Newsletter: US Slavery Expansion, Removal and Reform - A Tribal Perspective Page 1 (1823)).” Manifest Destiny was the idea that it was God’s will for the U.S. to expand the nation West. One contribution to Manifest Destiny was the passing of the Indian Removal Act. This allowed the U.S. to obtain lands that were protected by treaties and expand the country. The Indian Removal Act put pressure on the Cherokee, who were under the authority of the federal government, and ultimately violated the treaty between the Cherokee and the United
Andrew Jackson and Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Indian Removal authorized the relocation of Native Americans from the lands East of the Mississippi River and to the west. The plan was finished by moving the Native Americans to what is now Oklahoma. The Indian Removal Act was meant to support the expansion of the United States without interference by moving the Natives out of the way. The Indian removal act was rationalized by the self-serving concept of manifest destiny, the belief that the expansion of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was divinely ordained and inevitable, was used to justify the eviction of Native Americans from their native homelands.
government’s main goal was to displace them from their lands for the sole profit and benefit of the American people. This notion was achieved upon the Indian Removal Act of 1830, issued by President Andrew Jackson himself. Jackson admitted that though the general policy was to civilize the Natives, the government was also keen to “purchase their lands and thrust them farther into the wilderness” (Doc 4). The wilderness, in this case, would be the designated Indian Territory west of Missouri and the Arkansas Territory (Doc 7). This territory was leagues away from the various tribes’ homelands, one tribe even being removed from the southern tip of Florida.
Many people believed that the United States was the destiny of the western expansion to the Pacific, in fact, John O' Sullivan- a local newspaper editor- called it the Manifest destiny. Even John Q. Adams believed that the expansion was inevitable because he believes, "the Mississippi should flow to the sea.” A cause as to why they forced the Native Americans were because they wanted control of the Oregan country and its access to the Pacific Ocean for trade. Which affected the Cherokee nation because they were being forced to leave so they brought it up to the Supreme Court.
Manifest Destiny changed the United States socially, economically and politically. It was affected socially because it became more culturally diffused; it also affected relationship with the Native Americans due to the Americans belief that they were the better race and others were inferior to them. It was affected economically because there was more land to profit off of and politically it damaged the United States and Mexico’s foreign relations. Those who believed in the manifest destiny forcefully removed Native Americans from their lands in order for the United States to gain more land. America was shifted politically, due to new tense relations with Mexico, as an effect of the Mexican
Manifest Destiny is a term used to describe a particular ideology and belief that white European-Americans were inherently superior than that of natives and other ethnic groups and were destined by God to secure claim expand their territories across America from "sea to shining sea. " Under the guise of religion and racist ideologies white European- Americans used extreme measures to wipe the native inhabitants from their land in order to reach this goal. Independence had been won, the war of 1812 had been conquered, and American settlers wanted to create a more homogenous society with more territory and preservation of their religion and racial superiority. In order to achieve to actualize their vision U.S. policy makers justified their reactions
Europeans believed they could kill, abuse, and exploit Native Americans for many reasons. Manifest Destiny became the sole reason why many European settlers exploited Native Americans, they believed God was giving them the opportunity because they deserved it; and Native American sacred land was a gift that God wanted to give to them. Religion was very important to many Europeans, but these same people were not
Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. Of course there were already Native Americans living in the area. The new people in the U.S. wanted to push the Native Americans out and make room for their new settlements. Not all of the Native Americans were very happy about being pushed out of their homes. The Native Americans were affected greatly by Manifest Destiny.
Manifest Destiny was a very popular theme sweeping the United States in the years following the War of 1812. Although this idea began with the earliest settlers and their belief that God gave them a mission to spread their civilization across the lands of North America, the 1800’s would bring new meaning to this mission the settlers were given. Manifest Destiny focused on the United States expanding its territory to cover all of North America in order to Christianize and civilize the native people. It was a widely held belief that it was the divine right of the American people to claim all the land throughout the North American continent. A belief that would lead to the mistreatment of the native people, multiple wars, but ultimately reach
The people who settled the west were greatly dependent on the US government and the policies they adopted. The settling of the west in the late 19th century was similar to the settlement of the south in the 1830’s. Andrew Jackson drove out the indians so that the valuable land of the south could be secured by white settlers. Once again, the federal government made it possible to settle the west by forcing indians off of their lands. A recurring theme in American history is manifest destiny and the attempt to develop unsettled lands by the federal government.
spread westward, intense conflict with both the Native Americans and Mexico were inevitable. Already heavily depopulated due to the diseases, the Native American peoples were unable to compete against the encroaching settlers and the advanced military that accompanied them; the rapidity and force of disappearance from the West is one of the major blemishes on American history; particularly brutal episodes such as the Trail of Tears are merely examples of the widespread and systematic extermination of these people. Conflict with Mexico was more formal but also resulted in the (perhaps opportunistic) large scale acquisition of land for U.S. settlers. These two effects of Manifest Destiny have strongly colored its representation in historical hindsight; in spite of (or perhaps because of) strong belief in God and democracy, the imposition of majority rule on minorities can be
Having the settlers move out more west angered many native tribes, and they wanted a say on people going onto their land. The attacks on the settlers angered the government, and they sent out an army to secure a white settlement. The US Army was successful in winning, and because of this the Treaty of Fort Greenville was formed. It gave the settlers the right to migrate westward, and build a settlement. The natives were not happy with this, and it angered them even more.
Manifest destiny was the belief that colonist were destined to expand across North America and that it was their god given right. Although Native Americans were indigenous the the land, colonist felt that it was their destiny to redeem and colonize the rest of the land. They felt that Native Americans were not making right use of the land and letting it go to waste. In result, Native Americans were not seen as anything more as an obstacle in the pursuit of Manifest Destiny. During the Indian Removal Act of 1830, Indian groups who were still inhabiting the south east would be moved across the Mississippi to designated Indian territory, which is now known as Oklahoma.
Manifest Destiny was the term used by John O’Sullivan to describe America’s desire to expand West due to reasons including both the vast amount of unclaimed land and the opportunities Americans wanted to explore. During this time, Americans believed that it was their God-given right to expand West, and therefore they were entitled to push away any groups that were in their way. Due to the mindset that the Americans could do as they pleased with the groups of people who got in their way, Manifest Destiny affected many groups of people, including the American Indians and Slaves, and continued to build up the preexisting tension between the North and South. One of the groups of people affected greatly by Manifest Destiny were the Native Americans. Manifest Destiny affected the American Indians by spreading foreign diseases to them as they moved Westward, through the Native American territory.
If Native Americans were not compliant, Americans would murder them. Although Manifest Destiny was seen as an inevitable movement among Americans and resulted in the formation of the American West in the Nineteenth century, it was truthfully an act of invasion and subjugation against peoples who had settled the land for hundreds of years earlier. Manifest Destiny led to an obvious upsurge in racial
