The first reason that lead the United States Government to the removal of The Five Civilized Tribes was land treaties for eventual cotton farms and slave plantations. Andrew Jackson would encourage white squatters to move into the southern Indians land. Jackson then forced the Indians to cede the land to the white men or be wiped out. Jackson wanted the land for eventual slave and cotton plantations: “These treaties, these land grabs laid the basis for the cotton kingdom, the slave plantations”(129). Jackson wanted as much land for farming as possible so that he could take advantage of the booming market of cotton. In order for Andrew Jackson to get the Creeks and other Indians to agree to the treaties he would promise security in a different