One of the fundamental differences between the two peoples" philosophies lay in the question of land ownership. "The Europeans, taking their preconceived views with them to America, believed in the concept of land ownership. They believed that a land that is not owned could be claimed, and from then on could be sold at will." ... The Indian viewpoint was that land is supposed to be beneficial to all of them. ... In order to understand the huge differences, it is not a bad idea to take a look right back to the late fifteenth century, the era in which Europe was looking to expand and found ne...

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Since many people picture the manifest destiny movement as prophecy of Americans claiming the land that was rightfully there's by god. ... While Americans believed in manifest destiny and continued pushing west, thousands of Indians were killed and forced to move from their land that they had lived on for thousands of years. The view towards the Mexican army was that they were the "bad guys" while in fact, the U.S. were the ones who trespassed and took over Mexico's land. ...

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Civil disobedience can be a way to delegitimize the people in power; exposing them as bad and corrupt. ... However, over time, the colonist's and the Native American's relationship became rocky when there were many bad rumors going around. The colonist became more aggressive; being greedy in taking more land and deterred the Native's trust when the Pilgrims first attacked them in 1623. ...

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Where he was given a gift from Great Spirits to save the Indian civilization by driving a way the Wasichus from their native land. ... The book shows that a diversion in the world gives bad vibes between societies, where both has its own best interest at heart not caring about the other, and would do anything to progress in the stages of life aiming for predominance over everything. ... And Native Americans had every right to stand up for the land that was theirs....

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Where he was given a gift from Great Spirits to save the Indian civilization by driving a way the Wasichus from their native land. ... The book shows that a diversion in the world gives bad vibes between societies, where both has its own best interest at heart not caring about the other, and would do anything to progress in the stages of life aiming for predominance over everything. ... And Native Americans had every right to stand up for the land that was theirs. ...

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The bad economy hurt industry and the wealthy, who owned factories and businesses. ... Slavery persisted in the South and, though not directly named, was referred to in the Constitution with the 3/5ths compromise setting the precedent that African Americans were worth less than a white citizens, Native Americans were not treated as citizens and continued to have Americans push them off their land, and women's roles in society remained as they were. ...

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Throughout Jackson's eight year tenure as president there were times when the democratic process was followed and both bad and good outcomes resulted. ... John Marshall, the Chief Justice from 1801-1835, also stated though that the state of Georgia has illegitimately stolen land from the Cherokee people. ... Even though John Marshall ruled that Georgia had acted unconstitutionally with their lottery division of Cherokee Nation land, Georgia had acted according to a purely democratic process. ...

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