Indian Removal

As President Jackson wanted his policy to be carried out through his presidency, he ran into a problem with the supreme court due to the resistance of the Native Americans, particularly the Cherokees. The Cherokees who were willing to adopt the white ways were still punished after America wished to expand their land and move the Natives west. In 1830 congress passed an act which stated Indians could be relocated, if necessary by force. Supreme court had stopped this act by proving the cherokees were a "domestic dependent nation" and could not be forced by the state to give up their land. Nonetheless 2 years later Jackson carried out his policy to relocate and moved Chickasaws, choctaws, as well as the most submissive of the group the Cherokees. This led up to the Trail of tears where a fourth of about 16,000 indians died.

In 1832 the Cherokee tribe used the weapon of the white man which was law an brought the case to the supreme court, asking them to enforce theirs rights. In doing so the Cherokees were granted trade, treated as a nation and to respect their rights from Americans. One of these acts which considered the Native American lands as political communities and having a territorial boundary which their authority is exclusive and having a right to the land within those boundaries. This was guaranteed by the U.S. Although guaranteed many indians were forcibly moved and also killed. Therefore the act followed through by militaries sent by Jackson was unconstitutional and leads to many questions such as what else may be unconstitutional in the American government.

The document pertaining to the case against the Cherokees contests what we learned America had actually done to the cherokees along with other tribes.

We could use this in the future because we seen how America had gone against their word when saying the Cherokess would not be invaded. Although supreme court established this Jackson had followed through to gain support on relocating the indians.