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Why were the Seminole, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and the Cherokee referred to as the “Five Civilize Tribes”?

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The answer is They readily accepted Jefferson's civilizing program.

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Because it derives from the colonial and early federal period.it refers to five Native American nationns.
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