Indian Removal Act Storyboard- Chloe Yamaashi
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- Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars, doubling the size of the United States. However, the land is uncharted, so Jefferson sends explorers to determine its use.
- The Louisiana Purchase
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- Down goes France...
- ...And up goes America!
- Lewis & Clark are the first explorers to visit Kansas; they call it a "Great beauty". They simply adore the land and its features, though they only travel through the topmost corner. Consequently, their liability is considered low-ish by the government.
- I am in awe, Clark! This place is beautiful!
- Lewis & Clark
- I agree! And look at all the plentiful resources....
- Zebulon Pike treks through Kansas, but later describes it as a desert, completely uncultivatable. This will spark the debate as to whether or not Kansas is worth living in, or will even bring prosperity to farmers living there.
- Zebulon Pike
- Ugh! This is nothing but desert! What were Lewis and Clark thinking?!
- Stephen Long travels by steamboat into Kansas, labeling it as "The Great American Desert". Because two people have now said this, Kansas is declared uninhabitable for the standard American farmer.
- Stephen Long
- Hmm... Pike was right. This place is useless; merely plain, dehydrated desert.
- President Andrew Jackson gives a speech to Congress, describing the Native Americans as "a few thousand savages". Therefore convincing them they should move their citizens to the space that the East American Indians already occupy.
- Jackson's Speech
- “...Ranged by a few thousand savages..."
- The Indian Removal Act (IRA) is passed, relocating the East American Indians to the Kansas area, in order to make room for "White American" farmers. In their new homes, they suffer tensions between original tribes, and loss of resources.
- The Indian Removal Act (IRA)
- To Kansas
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