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Andrew Jackson sought to renew a policy of political and military action for the removal of Natives from these lands and worked toward enacting a law for "Indian removal". [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 14 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In his 1829 State of the Union address , Jackson called for Indian removal .
When Andrew Jackson became president of the United States in 1829, his government took a hard line on Indian removal; [68] Jackson abandoned his predecessors' policy of treating Indian tribes as separate nations, aggressively pursuing all Indians east of the Mississippi who claimed constitutional sovereignty and independence from state laws.
Jackson's transfer of federal monies to state banks in 1833 caused western banks to relax their lending standards; [313] the Indian Removal Act made large amounts of former Native American lands available for purchase and speculation. [314] Two of Jackson's acts in 1836 contributed to the Panic of 1837.
Beginning with Jackson's call for a Senate resolution to reverse House Concurrent Resolution 108, they embarked on an ambitious legislative agenda to reform Indian affairs in the United States. The legislation regarding Indian Affairs that bears the authorship of Senator Jackson and Gerard, and the sponsorship of Senator Jackson includes:
Although Jackson was not the sole, or original, architect of Removal policy, his contributions were influential in its trajectory. Jackson's support for the removal of the Indians began at least a decade before his presidency. [46] Indian removal was Jackson's top legislative priority upon taking office. [47]
Lyncoya Jackson (c. 1812 – July 1, 1828), also known as Lincoyer or Lincoya, was an Indigenous American from a family that was a part of the Upper Creek tribal-geographical grouping and more than likely affiliated with Red Stick political party.
DeJong, David H. (2015) American Indian Treaties: A Guide to Ratified and Unratified Colonial, United States, State, Foreign, and Intertribal Treaties and Agreements, 1607–1911. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-1-60781-425-2; Finkelman, Paul; Garrison, Tim Alan (2008). Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law ...
In May 1830, Congress endorsed Jackson's policy of removal by passing the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the president to set aside lands west of the Mississippi River to exchange for the lands of Indian nations in the east. Along with the Indian Removal Act, the Treaty of New Echota was signed in 1835. This agreement stated that the ...