Jackson and Van Buren

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Jackson and Van Buren
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Jacksons Indian Plan

• Natives were in the way of westward expansion.
• How do we solve the problem?
• Assimilate, move or destroy.
• Cherokees move toward accommodation.
• Settled agriculture and private land ownership.
• Sequoyah devised Cherokee alphabet.

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• Sequoyah devised Cherokee alphabet.
• Slave owners.

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Jackson v. Marshall

• Jackson wants to open Indian lands to white
  settlement.
• 1830 Indian Removal Act uprooted over 100,000
  Indians
• Worcester v.. Georgia. (1833)
• John Marshall has made his decision, now let him
  enforce it.

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Trail of Tears

• Forced removal of the
• Cherokee to Oklahoma.
• Some flee to the Smokie Mountains of Tennessee
  and form the Eastern Band of the Cherokees.
• Seminoles
• Costliest Indian campaign. Never completely
  defeated.

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Texas

• Mexico wins independence from Spain.
• Remember the Florida for Texas swap?
• Stephen Austin. Awarded land for settlement.
  Settlers to be Catholic and pledge allegiance to
  the Mexican govt.
• The big issue
• Slavery. Mexico emancipated their slaves in 1830

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Thirteen days of Glory

• I shall never surrender nor retreat Victory or
  Death!
• William Barrett Travis
• Santa Anna (Ruler of Mexico) invades Texas with
  6000 troops to crush the rebellion.
• The Alamo. Old Spanish mission. 200 defenders
  held out for 13 days.

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Texas wins independence

• Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and all the defenders
  die fighting rather than surrender.
• Battle of San Jacinto Sam Houston surprises
  Santa Anna.
• 1836. The Lone Star Republic is born.

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The US and Texas

• Why wouldnt the US want to annex Texas
  immediately?
• Slavery! (
• Puts Texas in a precarious position.

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Whigging out

• Formed as an anti-Jackson force.
• Supporters
• Supporters of Clays American system.
• Southern states righters.
• Larger Northern industrialists and merchants.
• Many evangelical Protestants associated with the
  Anti-Masonic party.

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Election of 1836

• Martin Van Buren wins the presidency in a very
  close popular vote.

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Jacksons legacy

• Plus
• Bolstered the power of the executive branch.
• Led the common people into national politics.
• United them into the Democratic party.
• Proved that the common man could be trusted with
  the vote.

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• Minus
• Encouragement of the spoils system.
• Treatment of the BUS.
• Treatment of Native Americans.