Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 7, Lesson 3, The Changing World of American Indians (pp. 201-207)
I. Indian Territories Invaded by the Push Westward
B. Many of the treaties which took more and more land from Native Americans in the
late 1700s and early 1800s were obtained through fraud, violence, or different ideas
about land ownership.
C. Many Native American leaders saw the War of 1812 as an opportunity to fight the settlers.
II. Various Indian Responses
B. Other Native American groups believed cultural compromise was the best way to deal
with the white culture.
C. The Cherokee were particularly successful at combining the best of Native American
and European cultures.
III. Defeat of the Cherokee
B. When gold was discovered on Cherokee lands, the demands of the white settlers increased.
C. Despite a Supreme Court decision favoring the Cherokee, Georgia, with the
support of President Jackson, forced the Cherokee
to move west on the "Trail of Tears."
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Hungry for land, white settlers kept pushing westward into lands formerly promised
to the Native Americans.
A. A Native American called the Prophet led a movement to revitalize Native American
culture by rejecting white cultural habits.
A. The Cherokee's success was resented by their white neighbors.
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