When the white men decided they wanted the lands belonging to the Native Americans, also known as Indians, the United States Government did everything in its power to help the white men acquire the Indian land. The United States Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing legislature requiring the Indians to give up their land. Aided by his bias against the Indians, General Jackson set the Indian removal into effect in the …
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…wanted the Indians to leave, and not conform. The United States government was quick, behind its powerful Executive, to turn an eye. In 1832 militia regiments from Georgia went onto Cherokee lands and imprisoned four missionaries, whom they later released upon them swearing oath to the state of Georgia. Later, the same militia imprisoned ten missionaries and sentenced them to four years hard labor. Their case (based on a treaty with the Cherokee years prior) was.