The Supremacy Clause

1.According to Thomas Jefferson, "not a foot of land will be taken from the Indians without their consent". This quote was not kept because the president of the United States, Andrew Jackson was a strong supporter of the Removal Act. Gold has been discovered in the lands. Jackson sent federal troops and forced the removal of the Cherokee's from their homes and lands.

2.The Cherokees became acculturated to the European's culture because after being force to leave their lush huntind and farming lands, they had no option then to follow the whites people rules. They acculturated, built schools, and many became Christians.

3.By 1932 "Indian tribes's had lost ninety million acres of reservation land, that was two-thirds of all the land they had reserved through treaties and other laws". The Dawes Severalty Act had to do much with this loss, beacuse if any land left from the the resrvations it would be taken away and be declared as "surplus land" and could be sold to the whites. Also because many of the Indians land was poor and not good for farming, they were not interested in farming because they did not have the money to start farms or to develop cattle ranches in their lands.

4.Chief Joseph engage in a battle with th U.S army beacuse after his people being move and then remove because they had discovered gold in the land, he just didn't agree with this so he "outsmarted the government soldier's over and over again with his superior military tactics (strategies)." Chief Joseph was forced to surrender after leading the federal troops and a 1,300 mile chase.

5.The Supremacy Clause stated that none of the Indians land would be taken away from them with out their consent, it was not respected and this law was not kept because the whites, and President Andrew Jackson choose to ignore the courts decisions and everything from the Indians was taken away, and they were forced to move.