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evaluate the extent to which indigenous peoples' reactions to state expansion differed during the period 1750-1900.

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Indigenous peoples' reactions to state expansion differed during the period 1750-1900 but mostly Native American Indians never accepted the intromission of white Europeans in their territories. European colonists always felt superior to Indians and treated them this way. Of course, this gesture was never accepted by the Natives. One thing was that they lived differently, more nature-attached than Europeans, but by no means, this made them "less than" Europeans. The arrogance of European colonists made them think that being "more modern" meant they were better and had the right to colonize the Americas.

There were times that Europeans made the Indians kiss their hands or feet, showing this arrogant superiority. These kinds of behaviors were the cause of many tensions and difficulties between the two. Time passed, and Congress adopted legislation that forced the Indians to be removed from their lands to reservations. That was the case of the Indian Removal Act that forced tribes to settle in the Indian territory, what today is Oklahoma.

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