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How could the federal government have made the Dawes Act more successful?
by refusing to allow Native Americans to assimilate by making it illegal for Native Americans to sell their land to speculators by providing larger land parcels so the Native Americans could grow more crops by using land speculators as brokers between the government and Native Americans
Why did native Americans oppose private ownership of land?
Native Americans traded many things, but land was not one of them. Land was regarded as the source of life, not as a commodity to be sold. " We cannot sell the lives of men and animals" said one Blackfoot chief in the 1800s " therefore we cannot sell this land."
What did the 1913 California law force Japanese Americans to do?
Sell their land.
Why did American Indian societies not wish to buy and sell land?
Many Native American societies did not believe in ownership of the land therefore it was not theirs to buy or sell.
Who did Tecumseh support in war 1812?
Tecumseh was a Native American chief who was angry because the Americans used trading posts to put his tribe and many others into debt, thus forcing them to sell their land to the Americans.When the War of 1812 broke out there were two sides: the Americans, who had practically no allies, and the British who were allied with Canada and Spain. Tecumseh did something that no other Native American had ever done before: he united all of the tribes and allied with Britain in an attempt to reclaim their land.
How did America get the northwest territory?
the federal government tried to froce native Americans in the territories to sell there land and by 1790 the united states had succeeded in buying native Americans land
How much did the native Americans sell Manhattan island for?
um... i dont know
What happened to the Native Americans who had once lived in Wapello county?
They were forced to sell their land.
How did the treaty of Greenville affect the rights of native Americans?
Native Americans felt angry that the United States demanded their own land. Some Native Americans were forced to sell their lands to companies. The lives of the Native Americans will never be the same again.
How could the federal government have made the Dawes Act more successful?
by refusing to allow Native Americans to assimilate by making it illegal for Native Americans to sell their land to speculators by providing larger land parcels so the Native Americans could grow more crops by using land speculators as brokers between the government and Native Americans
What forced Native Americans to sell much of their Ohio land in 1795?
greenville treaty!!
What effect did the cotton gin have on native Americans?
the cotton gin could clean more cotton, therefore, the farmers needed more land so the native americans had to sell there land.
What drew more people to move west?
The Treaty of Greenville forced Native Americans to sell much of their land in Ohio.
Why did native Americans oppose private ownership of land?
Native Americans traded many things, but land was not one of them. Land was regarded as the source of life, not as a commodity to be sold. " We cannot sell the lives of men and animals" said one Blackfoot chief in the 1800s " therefore we cannot sell this land."
Why did the native Americans sell Manhattan island?
They were under the impression that they were selling use rights not the land itself. Land was not owned in their belief system at the time it was borrowed from descendants.
Who are the Penobscot people?
The Penobscot people were native americans who just like other natives got tricked to sell thier land, by English settlers.
Why did congress sell and give away western lands after the revolutionary war?
The confederation congress wanted to sell the nations western lands so that they could pay the nation's debts. They wanted to sell the land to the public.
