1. The Oppression of American Indians
... . Thus, the Indians were cleared from the Jamestown area. As the English colonies expanded, settlers would slowly exterminate the Indians or push them Westward in order to accommodate their own social, political, and economic needs. Long before the British colonies had rebelled to become the United States of ... the late 1830's. The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native American tribes following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed by Andrew Jackson. This occurred as a result of the discovery of gold in territories in the West. Greed was tolerated when it supported national ...
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