Answer to Question #123750 in History for jasmeen kaur

Question

Explain how the treaties represented American attitudes about Indians at the time?

Answer 1

When the United States established its territories in the western lands, they first had to consider if Native Americans were present before deciding to settle down permanently. Indians were not happy with their invasion in the region, hence imposed pressure on them to leave. To ensure the safety of American settlers, Congress agreed to sign treaties with the Indian people. The making of these treaties started in 1774 and went through until 1832. They negotiated the agreements to set conditions on the behavior of the two parties and establish their boundaries. Even though treaties with Indian people were signed in good faith, when American settlers started to increase in the region, Congress was politically unwilling to stop them from illegally settling on Indian lands. Instead, Congress sent more troops in the area but later altered the policy to prevent possible warfare. From 1832, the treaties signed regarded American Indian nations as domestic and dependent tribes. Any treaty negotiations between Indian tribes and the United States were to be approved by the United States Congress. In 1871, the House of Representatives stopped recognizing individual tribes in the United States as independent nations. This brought to an end the treating making between American Indian tribes and the United States, which had lasted for nearly a hundred years.