assignment 8

the indian removal act is a law accepted in 1830 in which the federal government gave permission to force the Native Americans to move west to the land behind the Mississippi river. some of the Indians simply accepted it and signed the treaties, others fought back.

in the picture beneath you see that different groups of indians moved to the west to the indian territory west from the Mississippi river after the treaties.

for the Native Indians the treaties were not good, they had lived on their grounds since forever, had settled down and now they had to move to the west, not voluntairy. eventhough the act also stated that the removal had to elapse peacefully and voluntarily. the new Americans still used a lot of violence.
for the new Americans the treaties were good, otherwise they wouldnt have made the law.. they would get loads of ground and could live here.

during the trail to the west many Indians died, they didn't have any food with them, had no supplies and got no help from the government. so many of them died. To show in numbers how many died during this trail, there were 3500 of the 15000 creeks who did not survive it. not only because the lack of food and supplies but also because of the new deceases the Pilgrims brought along.

 kind regards,
Esther and Carlijn