Pros And Cons Of Allowing The Cherokee To Stay

“The right thing to do is not always the popular thing to do. In this case, defending the Cherokee is the right thing to do.” This quote was stated in the “Allow the Cherokee to Stay” article written by Joan Marshall. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law that was passed when the Americans tried clearing out the Indians in Georgia so that they can take over the land. They moved almost all of the Indian tribes to a place in Louisiana called Indian Territory. The only tribe unwilling to pack up their lives and restart were the Cherokee tribe. There were pros and cons dealing with the Indian Removal Act of 1830, but it was not justified due to the Cherokee not wanting to move, the Americans taking over the land, and the Americans not seeing the Cherokee as equals. First of all, the Cherokee didn’t want to move. They noticed how horribly the other tribes were treated once those tribes reached the new land. The Cherokee knew they were no different from those unfortunate Indians so they figured they would probably being treated the same. Although the Indians somewhat had it coming for them. According to the “Move the Cherokee to Indian

The Indian tribes were there for over a century when the Americans had just arrived not too long ago at the time. A person can obviously understand that the Indians had more of a right to kick the Americans out than vice versa. At least the Americans had offered the Indians something in return for their land. A large sum of money and a big land area bigger than Georgia was offered in exchange for the Indians to move out of the state. The proposal was quite the head scratcher, but why would the Indians risk moving to a new land they don’t have much knowledge about and risk the health of their people in the move? The Indians have been comfortable living in Georgia for over a century, if they weren’t they probably would have sent off to find a better place to live ages