The air is heavy with the smell of gunpowder. All across the horizon is littered with bodies. The cries of children can be heard, piercing through the fog. All the carnage, this sadness carried through the breeze. This could all be stopped with one thing. The Indian Removal Act. States are getting restless, in need of more land. Native Americans protest against them, arguing that it was their land. Treaties were the only thing they could hold on to. Infectious greed of the Americans grew stronger by the minute. This is where The Indian Removal Act comes in. In January of 1830, a bill was introduced into Congress for reviewing. Argument after argument, the parties fought against each other. President Andrew Jackson strongly approved of this law, in fact he was the one who introduced it into Congress. President Andrew Jackson, when he first became president strongly supported the Indian Removal Act. He believed it would benefit the Indians greatly. The Indians asked him for help considering the treaties they had made. In Document 2, President Andrew Jackson addressed the concerns,” I informed the Indians inhabiting parts of Georgia and Alabama that their attempt would not be [accepted] by me, and advised them to emigrate beyond the MIssissippi River. . . .” Jackson …show more content…
In Document 1, President Monroe argued that the removal of the Indians would,” not only shield them from impending ruin, but promote welfare and happiness . . . [If this doesn’t happen] their degradation and extermination will be inevitable. In other words, Monroe was saying that removing the Indian tribes and transporting them to another place would greatly benefit them instead of their land before. If they stayed in their original land, complete destruction will befall upon them. The greed of the American people comes to no end and all they want is more. More land. More rights. More