1776-1861
by Dee Villa
1. In 1818 the U.S acquired more land
2. 1814-1824 Jackson negotiated 9 out of 11 treaties that took eastern land from southern tribes in exchange for western land.
3. In 1823 the Supreme Court ruled that Indians could occupy U.S land but could not hold the titles.
4. The 5 Indian nations had attempted non-violent ways of resistance .
4.1. By adopting Anglo-American practices. Like Large-scale farming, western education, and slave holding.
4.1.1. This attempt was made for chances of coexisting with out hostility. This only made the whites jealous and resentful.
5. In 1830 Jackson pushed a new piece of legislation through both houses of Congress.
5.1. Some Americans saw this as an excuse for a brutal and inhumane course of action, and protested loudly against removal.
6. 1835-1842 The Second Seminole War
7. 1855-1858 The Third Seminole War
8. Migration of Chickasaws to Choctaws western land allotment in the winter of 1837-38.
9. U.S.-Mexican War
9.1. Forgotten by the U.S most likely because it wasn't one of their most honorable wars.
9.2. 75,000 Mexicans living in the conquered territory, from California to Texas had a choice in staying and becoming either U.S citizens or staying Mexican citizens; or going back to Mexico.
9.3. The ones that stayed and became U.S citizens quickly realized that they had become second class citizens. American laws were not extended to them equally. They had become foreigners in their own land.
9.4. War that was fundamentally about violence even after the military portion was done.
10. The Overview of the African-American Experience
10.1. In mid 1500's European started bringing African Americans to America as Slaves.
10.2. By the early 1800's the call for the abolition of slavery began by in the Northern states called by many whites and and free blacks.
11. U.S rapidly expanded in the 19th Century
12. Andrew Jackson (from Tennessee) was a forceful proponent of Indian removal
12.1. In 1814 he commanded U.S military forces and defeated the Creek nation. The Creeks lost 22 millions acres of land.
13. U.S took control of three-quarters of Alabama and Florida, parts of Georgia,Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and North Carolina.
14. Treaty of New Echota 1833 an illegitimate treaty to trick the Cherokee people out of their land.
14.1. By 1838 16,000 Cherokee people still remained in the land. The U.S Government sent in 7,000 troops to forcibly remove these people.
14.1.1. Then began the march known as the Trail of Tears, in which 4,000 Cherokee people died of cold, hunger, and disease on their way to the western land.