1. The Oppression of American Indians
... through Indian villages ruthlessly attacking tribes, capturing their children and putting them to death. Governor Sir Thomas Dale introduced a policy that would give three acres of land to settlers, which, according to Morgan, was the start of the capitalist system in English America, ultimately resulting in the annihilation of American Indian tribes on the East coast, (Morgan 119). Dale's policy of giving away free land to settlers encouraged white ... forced to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River, leading to incidents such as the Trail of Tears in the late 1830's. The T...
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