After a Native American war against the British in the Ohio River Valley known as Pontiac's Rebellion, the British signed a treaty in 1763 which stipulated that no whites could permanently settle west of the Appalachian mountains, with some exceptions for trading and military purposes. When the American colonies won their independence in 1783, the new country received the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi, and the white settlement there began.
The Oklahoma Territory was chosen to house the Native Americans as a result of the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. Congress set aside this land for the Native Americans.
white settlers discovered gold and silver on land already set aside for native Americans
The original territory set aside for Native Americans was the present-day state of Oklahoma. Later, a smaller part of present-day Oklahoma was allocated for the Native Americans.
Native American's were NOT moved onto reservations in the great plains in the early 1800's, it was the late 1800's. They were moved there for the same reasons they were always pushed into these areas; the US Government and its people wanted their land and its natural resources.
The young nation of the United States pursued a policy of pushing Native Americans off arable land. Eventually, the reservation system started on land that was not suitable for farming or even hunting.
Land set aside for Native Americans.
The Oklahoma Territory was chosen to house the Native Americans as a result of the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. Congress set aside this land for the Native Americans.
white settlers discovered gold and silver on land already set aside for native Americans
Reserve or reservation.
A reservation is an area of land set aside for Native Americans.
white settlers discovered gold and silver in land already set aside for native americans. -m
white settlers discovered gold and silver on land already set aside for native Americans
white settlers discovered gold and silver on land already set aside for native Americans
The original territory set aside for Native Americans was the present-day state of Oklahoma. Later, a smaller part of present-day Oklahoma was allocated for the Native Americans.
Reservations .
white settlers discovered gold and silver in land already set aside for native americans. -m
reservations