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Jan 29, 2024 · Jackson was a tireless proponent of Native-American re settlement to the west. In May of 1830, he pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress. This law authorized the president to designate lands west of the Mississippi for tribal use and to negotiate treaties ensuring their movement.
President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of aggressively removing Native Americans from their ancestral lands to make room for settlers as the American nation expanded to the west.
The Trail of Tears of 1830 was a series of forced relocation done by Andrew Jackson's "Indian Removal" policy. Prior to the removal , 125,000 Native Americans lived in Georgia , Tennessee , Alabama , North Carolina , and Florida occupying the land that their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations.
