s to Governor Harrison about the Native American situation and was awed by all except for Harrison who still thought of Indians as inferior and continued his campaign against the Indian Confederation. In 1828, the state of Georgia placed a series of laws extending the states juridiction over Cherokee land which was illegal, but Jackson did nothign to stop the state of Georgia even though Chief Justice Marshall proclaimed the acts of Georgia illegal. In 1829, the Cherokees had established a civilized Cherokee nation. However, gold was found in the Cherokee lands and state officials enforced the rights of white trespassers over the Cherokee. Then the Georgia Legislature passed laws making illegal for Cherokees to mine for gold, testify against a white man, or hold political assembly. And finally, in 1830, the Indian removal acts moved all Indians beyond the Mississippi giving them little support in their new environment and forcing them to move in the dead of winter. In other words, the Indians were said to have had rights, but never really had any because the American Government constantly changed the rules because of their lack of respect towards the Indians and their belief that they were inferior. In Conclusion, the period between the late 18th century to the mid 19th century was one of the most socially and racially unequal times in all of AMerican History. The rights described in our Declaration of Independence were irrelevant to minorities, the assumption that "All Men Are Created Equal" was only applied to white men and not minorities like Blacks and Indians. Blacks were treated like children in this period, thought to be inferior and uncivilized and therefore not even rights. Even worse, Indians were promised rights and land, only to have both stripped from them by the American government through means of "treaties", agreements, and war. This period was truly one of the most wrong and unequal periods of American History, however...
