Trail Of Tears Research Paper

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Trail of Tears

Proclamation of 1763 much hope for the native americans and english settlers to live in peace.after american revolution,founding fathers envisioned future native american and english to share land in peace.Native American embrace this idea by simulating white culture.However, Native Americans land literally and figuratively was sitting on gold mine.whites strongly desired the land,nothing short of their complete removal would be satisfactory.Although native americans put up great resistance their forced removal was inevitable At the end of the 7 year war the king of england issued a royal proclamation for imaginary line extending from canada to florida.king prohibited settlers to move west of proclamation line.Purpose of royal decree to provide opportunity for english men and Native Americans a chance to live in peace. After American Revolution obliterated proclamation line,founding fathers of newly formed United States Of America envisioned a future where they ey would share with the land with the Native Americans.Thomas Jefferson even went so far to say “One day english and Natives were to intermarry ,mix bloods,and become one people”. Speeding process along was Native American efforts to simulate into white culture.For example,Changing style of …show more content…

Made land of Native Americans extremely desirable.what made the land completely irresistible was discovery of gold in cherokee nation.when gold was discovered georgia state passed law which made it illegal for Native Americans to look for their own gold,clearly pointed to the fact that white wanted southern riches to