A Double Negative?
As an open ended answer, the following are NOT reasons used by the United States Government for moving the Indians from their lands by force:
The best reason for people to move west in the 1800's was to start a new life.
In the 1800's settlers moved west for many reasons. For instance gold was a big opportunity and so was cheap land for immigrants. This caused a race to the west and the main reasons settlers moved there.
Industries moved west in the 1800s.
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In 1838
The Cherokees had to move cause the settlers found out that the Cherokees found gold.The Cherokee moved west because President Andrew Jackson and the US Army ignored the ruling of the US Supreme Court and forced them at gun point to go.
The Creeks and the Cherokees were among the tribes moved West on the "Trail of Tears" on the orders (illegal by the way) of President Andrew Jackson.
Settlers moved West to make a better living, and the opportunity to buy land
Cherokees
About 17000
They wanted the free land and gold
Cherokees were a tribe where literacy rate was nil, they were dependent on agriculture or traditional textile. While the other segments had moved to industrialization, Cherokees took time to catch up so they were in poverty for long.
The United States had massive amounts of federal land. The government was willing to give it away to anyone who wanted to farm it. That was the major reason why Americans moved west.
they moved west becaUse thEY were loocking for a bether life