Savage or Peaceful Essay -- American History, Native Americans

During the 1800s the homegrown Americans kept the peace while the Americans were self-serving in their search of land. The Americans believe in the lucid Destiny. The Native Americans did only that they could to remain in peace with the Americans. The Americans fought persistently with the Native Americans to gain Native American lands. The Americans wanted to come to the Native Americans of what they thought was land given to them by God. The Americans believed they had the world-beater to control all of the U.S., because they were given the right to by God. They also believed that the Native Americans knew about the Manifest Destiny, and that they should touch on off of the American lands. The Americans thought that the Native Americans leaving their lands was, a touching sight,(Brown 31), that the Native Americans had realized that leaving their pasts behind was their destiny. The Americans believed that Native Americans felt obligated to move off of the land bec ause of the Manifest Destiny. They believed that the Native Americans were happy to leave. The Americans also thought that by moving the Native Americans to reservations that they were helping the Native Americans. The reservations, the Americans thought would free them from the power of the states,(Jackson 133) and force the Native Americans to move to leave their savage ways behind. They thought that by forcing the Native Americans to assimilate to the Americans that they Native Americans would be a happy and prosperous people,(Jackson133) quite of the savages the Americans believed them to be. The Americans believed that because the Native Americans had realized that it was there destiny to give up their lands that the Native Americans were going to ... ...,(Jackson 134) so that all of the lands could be theirs. The Americans were only concerned with taking all of the land from the natives so that they could expand the United States and keep all minerals with in the new la nds. In the 1800s the Native Americans kept the peace while the Americans were selfish in their crusade for land. The Americans thought that according to the Manifest destiny they were the sole rulers of the Native Americans lands. Although the Americans wanted their lands, the Native Americans wanted to remain in peace with the Americans. The Americans continuously fought with Bernier4the Native Americans even when the Native Americans had done no harm. The Americans were uncaring in gaining Native American lands. The Americans were the savages in their pursuit of the Native Americans land.