How did ANDREW JACKSONs actions toward the indians help the US develope into a nation?
Background: The conclusion of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 finally opened the way to the settlement of the West. Settlers had already been flooding into the Old Northwest — what is now Ohio and Indiana — and into Kentucky. But standing in the way, as always, were the Native Americans. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 first proposed to organize the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. One of the main purposes of the Ordinance was to offer the land to soldiers of the Revolution in lieu of back pay, and to sell off the rest to hungry land companies. But the Indians of the territory would not leave quietly. The Iroquois, in particular, opposed the cessions of land in the Ohio Valley, which they claimed had been obtained by fraudulent means from the tribes. The Iroquois thus began a war against the U. S. Victory remained uncertain for either side until 1794, when General “Mad Anthony” Wayne defeated the confederate warriors at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The f
