1.The purpose of the letter was to justify the Indian Removal Act and President Jackson referred to the Seminole as "my children" to assert his authority.
2.Jackson was truthful about the issue of Native American groups but dishonest about the voluntary nature of removal.
3.The Cherokee experienced forced removal and suffered greatly during the Trail of Tears.
4.The Seminole had a similar experience but were known for their resistance.
1.The purpose of the letter was to justify the Indian Removal Act by presenting it as necessary for the progress and civilization of the United States.
President Jackson referred to the Seminole as my children to portray himself as a fatherly figure and assert his authority over them.
2.Jackson was telling the truth in acknowledging that Native American groups presented a problem for state sovereignty and White settlement. However, Jackson was not telling the truth when he claimed that removal would be voluntary for native peoples.
In reality, there was tremendous pressure applied to force them to remove from their lands.
3.The Cherokee experience during the Trail of Tears was characterized by forced removal from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory in the west.
They suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation during the journey, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Cherokee people.
4.The Seminole experience during Indian removal was similar to that of the Cherokee in that both tribes were forcibly removed from their lands and suffered hardships during the journey.
However, the Seminole experience was different in that they had a longer history of resistance to removal and were able to successfully resist removal for a longer period of time.