Jackson and Van Buren

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Jackson and Van Buren
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Jacksons Indian Plan

• Creeks moved 1815-1819 under Jacksons direction
  (before presidency)
• Natives were in the way of westward expansion.
• How do we solve the problem?
• Assimilate, move or destroy.
• Cherokees move toward accommodation.
• Settled agriculture and private land ownership.

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• Sequoyah devised Cherokee alphabet.
• Slave owners.
• Some will
  actually fight for
  the Confederacy.

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Jackson v. Marshall

• Jackson wants to open Indian lands to white
  settlement.
• 1830 Indian Removal Act uprooted over 100,000
  Indians. Sent them west (ARK/OK)
• Worcester v.. Georgia. (1833)
• John Marshall has made his decision, now let him
  enforce it.
• Implications?

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Trail of Tears

• Forced removal of the
  Cherokee to Oklahoma4000 dead
• Some flee to the Smokie Mountains of Tennessee
  and form the Eastern Band of the Cherokees.
• Seminoles
• Costliest Indian campaign.
  Never completely defeated.

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800 mile forced march
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Texas

• Mexico wins independence from Spain.
• Remember the Florida for Texas swap?
• Stephen Austin. Awarded land for settlement.
  Settlers to be Catholic and pledge allegiance to
  the Mexican govt.
• The big issue
• Slavery. Mexico emancipated their slaves in 1830

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Thirteen days of Glory

• I shall never surrender nor retreat Victory or
  Death!
• William Barrett Travis
• Battle of San Jacinto Sam Houston surprises
  Santa Anna.
• 1836. The Lone Star Republic is born

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The US and Texas

• Why wouldnt the US want to annex Texas
  immediately?
• Slavery! (
• Puts Texas in a precarious position.

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Whigging out

• Formed as an anti-Jackson force.
• Supporters
• Supporters of Clays American System.
• Southern states righters.
• Larger Northern industrialists and merchants.
• Many evangelical Protestants associated with the
  Anti-Masonic party.

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Election of 1836

• Martin Van Buren wins the presidency in a very
  close popular vote.
• Hurt politically by the
  Panic of 37.

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Jacksons legacy

• Plus
• Bolstered the power of the executive branch.
• Led the common people into national politics.
• United them into the Democratic party.
• Proved that the common man could be trusted with
  the vote.

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• Minus
• Encouragement of the spoils system.
• Treatment of the BUS.
• Treatment of Native Americans.
• Odds and ends
• First assassination attempt.
• First insanity plea.

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Election of 1840

• Tippacanoe (and Tyler too) v Old Kinderhook
• Log Cabins and Hard Cider
• Emergence of the Whigs