... produced from years of intermixing with whites. Full bloods were often resentful of mixed bloods, for they were more likely to give in to the wishes of the US government. In the spring and summer of 1838, more than 15,000 Cherokee Indians were removed by the US Army from their homeland in North Carolina, ... indians toward white occupation.          During this period following the Revolutionary War, the federal and state governments of the United States had taken steps to remove Indians from the borders of western states. By the beginning of the 19th century, the Indian large pop...

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... upon certain races of people. At the trail of tears native Americans were persecuted against heavily. Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected president and this all ended. On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit ... the Americans in Washington cared little for the situation. They wanted the Choctaw moved on their own, or by military force. The Indians were believed to be ignorant savages, but they were industrious farmers, merchants, and businessmen of all types. Some were educated people, many were Chri...

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