01-28-2016, 12:20 PM
(01-28-2016, 11:32 AM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Simple they owned a vast majority of the good cotton producing lands, and white man wanted it.
They were pushed out with Indian Removal Act of 1630, which also allowed the US to no longer respect their rights.
Then the Trail of Tears came and that hurt them even more. One thing I never understood was why Jackson and the US didn't provide food etc after promising it to the Redman.
Later when the Civil War broke out, the Indians sided with the Confederacy and once the war was over, the North used it as an excuse to break off as many treaties as possible with them.
I'm aware of this history, doesn't make it any less tragic. As to the Confederacy, they really should have stayed out of it. They sided with the CSA in the hopes a new government would uphold their word, but even if they would have won it would have likely been more broken promises.
