HIST 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Indian Removal Act, Friedrich Engels, Coverture
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Abolition: a pre-civil war social movement devoted to the emancipation of slaves and their inclusion in american society as citizens with equal rights. Defeated by american and mexican separatists in the texas war for independence of. Coverture: law of coverture ensured that any property and wages earned by a married woman would become the husband"s. Indian removal act of 1830: federal law that nullified 50 years" worth of treaties between the. Goal: to open up lands for white settlers. Resulted in relocation of indians living east of the mississippi to places further west. Committed the federal government to creating an indian territory west of the. Trail of tears: cherokee name for the united states" forced removal of their people from the. Strongly opposed natives in territory that could be used by americans. Raised in tennessee; developed antagonism toward natives. 1818: led u. s. army during first seminole war. Conflict over territory between seminole and u. s.
