Westward Expansion
Native Americans
Native Americans
The Native Americans were people who cared not only for themselves and their tribe but they also cared about other people. The Native Americans would trade things with the pioneers like food and clothes and much more stuff. The native americans would help people on their trips but the pioneers would hear that the native americans were called savages because they would kill and destroy the pioneers. Sacagawea was a Native American and she helped Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition. If it wasn't for her we probably would have had a lot more troubles getting here then before.
Sacagawea
Sacagawea was really important in westward expansion because she helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the west by helping them know what route to take. Sacagawea developed friendships with many tribes, that made it easier to communicate and helped Lewis and Clark translate.
the Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a route taken by 15,000 Cherokee Indians that were moved westward. They traveled more than 600 miles with little food and shelter and nearly 1/4 of the Cherokee Indians died on the trip.
The war of the Seminoles
The Seminoles were Native Americans that refused to leave from their homeland so the government had war against them and won twice so the seminoles had to leave. The first war was on 1817-1818. The United States spent 20 Million dollars on fighting against the seminoles. After the second war only 1,500 soldiers were left and many died.
What does it mean to be an American in the Westward Expansion as a Native American?
What it meant to be an American in Westward Expansion was a bad thing for the Native Americans because indians were getting removed from their homes for the safety of the pioneers. Indians would leave because of a lack of food because of pioneers just killing animals as a sport. Indians were killed if they refused to leave. All indians were removed and placed in an indian reservation where they had little food, water, and shelter.
The Battle For Paradise: The First and Second Seminole Wars
Works Cited
Wikipedia,American Indian Wars, 12/03/15, Web,<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars>