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Why Is The War Of 1812 Necessary

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War of 1812- This was the first time Congress had declared war. War was declared against Great Britain mainly because of their refusal to stop seizing American vessels all this was brought on by the embargo act that was put in place by Jefferson to force warring European nations to quit violating American rights. (David Emory Shi) (262) The War of 1812 was not something the country needed at the time. At the time the strength of our military was overestimated. As a young republic, we did have the diplomatic leverage was not what President Madison thought it was, which resulted in international humiliation. (263) But was this war necessary? Most would say no. As a matter of fact, Britain had agreed stop interfering with American shipping as they were busy trying to defeat Napoleon in Europe. As a country, we were fed up with the British Navy capturing thousands of our American soldiers. So to make a point, more than …show more content…

Andrew Jackson, however, had his own way of dealing with the Indians. Because he viewed them as savages and barbarians he had no problem with forcing them off their ancestral lands. One of the only the only major bills that were passed during was the Indian Removal Act. This act gave him the authorization to ignore treaty commitments made b previous presidents. The act promised to pay for the removal of Indians and to give them initial support once they reached their new homes. (David Emory Shi 353) Of course many people felt the president had some type of other motives for wanting the Indians removed and it would go without saying that the Indians were less than receptive to the idea. Thousands of Indians were removed from their land. While Native American removal was supposed to be voluntary, in practice, great pressure was put on Native American leaders to sign removal treaties.

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The tribes, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, had to evacuate their territory so their land could be traded which was unfair because they had no consent. President Jackson had fought the Indians in many wars and was a strong opponent to them. He felt that signing this act was a fair exchange of land, although the Indians had to move and give up their land. Determination; This made President

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In 1814, a military leader Andrew Jackson led several battles that forced the Creek Indians to sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson and give up 23 million acres of their land. Since then, the Cherokee and other Native American tribes have adapted themselves and their culture to become ‘civilized’. Andrew Jackson later became elected as president and in his first Annual Address to Congress, he introduced his support for Indian Removal. The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Jackson on May 28, 1830.

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The War of 1812 was pretty eventful. Some of the main reasons it started was because the British were capturing American sailors and making them work for them, and they wanted American ships to stop in Britain and pay a tax if they wanted to share merchandise with any other European countries. This obviously made James Madison, the president at the time, mad so then he told Congress that he wanted to declare war. At first congress said no, but eventually Madison got his war.

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In 1830, just a year after taking office, Jackson pushed a new piece of legislation called the "Indian Removal Act" through both houses of Congress. It gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi. Under these treaties, the Indians were to give up their lands east of the Mississippi in exchange for lands to the west. Those wishing to remain in the east would become citizens of their home state. This act affected not only the southeastern nations, but many others further north.

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Throughout Jackson’s presidency, he was particularly insistent on the removal of Indians from American territory. Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 garnered support from both northern and southern regions with economic incentives in mind that prioritized expansion over preservation of Indian homelands. The law established Indians as foreign people who were subject to treaties with the United States. Therefore, the act allowed Jackson to withdraw Indians east of the Mississippi and coerce them westward. The brutality of Jackson’s policy was revealed in his opinions on the possible assimilation of Indians.

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could try to push his agenda to get the Native American out of the East but there was some opposition. The first one was a report from the Committee of Indian Affairs that stated, “They [Cherokees] have called upon the Executive [Andrew Jackson] to make good this guarantee, by preventing this operation in Georgia and Alabama.” What the Cherokee wanted was President Andrew Jackson to honor past treaties in order for them to stay in those respective states. After many debates and arguments in the House of Representatives, the House, passed the act. The Senate passed it and after many debates the House passed the Indian Removal Act With the most controversial law being passed in Congress and the president signing it , there will was a period

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The Indian Removal Act was signed in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson to remove the Cherokee Indians from their homes and force them to settle west of the Mississippi River. The act was passed in hopes to gain agrarian land that would replenish the cotton industry which had plummeted after the Panic of 1819. Andrew Jackson believed that effectively forcing the Cherokees to become more civilized and to christianize them would be beneficial to them. Therefore, he thought the journey westward was necessary. In late 1838, the Cherokees were removed from their homes and forced into a brutal journey westward in the bitter cold.

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But there was a handful of people who were against what president Jackson was doing. The most outspoken person against the Indian Removal Act was Davy Crockett. Crockett was at one time in the military serving under President Jackson but after the Indian Removal Act they parted ways. Crockett said if another president was elected who was for the indian removal act then he would move to Texas. So even some of the white man were trying to help the indians out but sadly they weren't able to change

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The president during the enforcement of the Indian removal act, Andrew Jackson, thought that the indigenous people were less civilized and moral than the settlers, although many of the tribes had adapted to the European lifestyle. He did not believe that the more “civilized” people should live alongside the indigenous people. When congress passed the Indian removal act in 1830 that stated that it was legal to force indigenous people off of their land, he fully enforced it, pushing tribes west. When there was an auction of Cherokee land, he claimed he couldn 't do anything to stop it, but he didn 't truly want to. The indigenous people wanted to coexist in peace, as Red Jacket stated, “‘You have got our country but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion upon us….

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On May 28th, 1830, Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to trade unsettled land in the west in exchange for Indian lands that were within state borders. Very few tribes went

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We had already gained our independence, so why did they think they could control us? These events, along with accusations of the British encouraging Native American attacks on the frontier, were the reason the vote came out for a war. Nevertheless, the war really did nothing for us, though we did earn more respect from our European neighbors. But we can still say it’s safe to assume that because of Alexander Hamilton's ideas, which still helped to make our country money, the War of 1812

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They were the most accepting when it came to transforming to the "civilized" life of the white settlers. In 1830, President Jackson convinced congress to pass the Indian Removal Act, which was “A measure that allowed state officials to override federal protection of Native Americans”(). There was absolutely no justification for why Andrew Jackson removed the Cherokee Indians from their land. In his State of the Union Address, he says "it is in the best interest of the Cherokee's to remove them west because they were not civilized"(2). Ultimately, Jackson wanted the land that the Cherokee Indians called home

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The Indian Removal Act was signed into law in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The act provided for the general control over the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River to lands west, which was the Indian’s Territory. Even though, the removal was meant to be voluntary, the removal became a law. Thousands of Indian people including nearly the whole population of Indians that had lived in the southeastern United States were moved to the west. The first removal treaty to follow the passage of the Indian Removal Act was with the Choctaw Nation in 1830.

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The Indian Removal Act In the beginning, The United States recognized Indian tribes as separate nations of people entitled to their own lands that could only be obtained from them through treaties. Due to inexorable pressures of expansion, settlement, and commerce, however, treaties made with good intentions were often perceived as unsustainable within just a few years. The Indians felt betrayed and frequently reacted with violence when land promised to them forever was taken away. For the most part, however, they directed their energies toward maintaining their tribal identity while living in the new order. The United States under the leadership of President Andrew Jackson dealt with settling the Indians the most humane possible way, for

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