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Q: Why did many American settlers believed that they had a right to seize American Indian lands?
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Why did settlers go through Indian lands?

All lands were "indian lands". The settlers could not avoid them.


What did the loss of Indian hunting lands to settlers cause?

The loss of Indian hunting lands to the settlers caused the Indians to struggle to find food. This made them move more often and become more aggressive toward the settlers.


What happened to the settlers began to claim Indian lands in the southeast?

Spain allowed the settlers to live in their colonies.


What is the Pontiac rebellion?

an Indian uprising attempting to save their lands from white settlers


What happened as settlers began to claim Indian lands in the southeast'?

Spain allowed the settlers to live in their colonies.


What term was used to describe the white settlers who encroached upon Indian lands?

Squatters


Settlers gained passage through Indian lands as a result of the?

Treaty of Fort Laramie


What was Jackson's policy towards Indian?

Jackson believed in Indian removal to free their lands for development.


Why were the Iroquois unwilling to join the British and Indian war?

The British were taking the Native Americans land and they attacked the English settlers to force them out of New England. ... British settlers wanted to settle on Native American lands. Why were the Iroquois unwilling to join the British in the French and Indian War?


What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?

to make new settlers come and populate Georgia


What happened to the native Americans living on the lands east of the Mississippi river?

After the revolutionary war, the british left most of their forts in the United States. Without british support, it became harder for the american indians to stop settlers from moving to indian lands. In many areas, tribes fought settlers to keep their lands.And after that the americans won and got there lands.


Tecumseh believed that in order to stop losing their lands native Americans must?

The answer is they had to fight white settlers.