When did the western development of the United States begin? What was the policy at that time?

The westward movement refers to the movement of residents from the eastern part of the United States to the western region, which began at the end of 18 and ended at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. However, with the westward movement, a large number of Indians were slaughtered, and the survivors were forcibly driven to a more desolate "reservation".

The forced migration of Indians is also known as the "road of blood and tears" of Indians. The budding American civilization was destroyed, and Indians, as one of several human species, basically became extinct as a whole.

After the independence of the United States, a century-long westward movement was launched. In the westward movement, a large number of immigrants moved to the west for different reasons, which objectively eased the contradictions among the bourgeoisie, expanded the domestic market, destroyed the balance between the free state and the slave-holding state, and laid the foundation for the victory of the civil war. When some scholars study the westward movement, they downplay another aspect, that is, the cruel slaughter of indigenous Indians.

The westward movement is an act of aggression by the United States to expand its territory and annex land. It developed the western part of the United States today and wiped out many Indian civilizations. At that time, the land in the west was owned by Indian tribes. A group of pioneers explored the west and established good relations with Indian tribes, marching all the way to the Pacific Ocean, which is now Mexico. Later, a large number of people, including the government and the army, flooded into the west, plundered, induced, deceived and slaughtered Indians and developed the west.

1830 in may, the seventh president of the United States, andrew jackson, passed the Indian migration act to move Indians to the west of the Mississippi river. Later, he sent troops to escort the Indians out of the area east of the Mississippi River, and the colonial cause developed rapidly in this area. The land in the "Old Southwest" (including Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana) was mainly occupied by plantation slave owners and became the main cotton producing area.

The colonial development of "Old Northwest" (including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin) developed rapidly because of the land regulations (selling public land at low prices) passed by 1785 and the northwest territory regulations of 1787.

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The American Massacre is also known as the Indian Massacre. This is a terrible genocide that started at 16 and ended at 19. About 25 million people died.

From16th century, European colonists began to immigrate to America. Before the colonists entered America, it was hard to say how many Indians there were. Some scholars estimate that there are about 20 million to 40 million, but an unshakable conclusion is that before the colonists arrived in America, a large number of Indians had lived, operated and developed on the vast North American continent, from Greenland in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south.

Indians are distributed throughout the American continent, which is so rich in natural resources, fertile land and so many animals. The population must be almost as small as other continents.

At present, there are only over 40 million Indians in the American continent, 200,000 in Canada, 2.5 million in the United States, 6.5438+million in Mexico, 5 million in Guatemala, 2 million in Colombia, 6.5438+0.65438+0.00 million in Peru, 6.5438+0.2 million in Chile and 5 million in Bolivia. Brazil's population1.81.60 billion, of which 54. 03% is white, 39. 94% is mulatto, 5. 39% are black, 0.46% are yellow and 350,000 are Indian.

The population of the United States is 300 million, and the Indians are only 2.5 million.

Brazil's population1.81.60 billion, of which 54. 03% is white, 39. 94% is mulatto, 5. 39% are black, 0.46% are yellow and 350,000 are Indian.

Canada has a population of 33 million (2006). Among them, British residents account for 42%, French residents account for about 26.7%, other European descendants account for 13%, and indigenous people (Indians, mites, Inuit) account for about 3%.

Mexico10.33 million (July 2007), the third in America, and the eleventh in the world after the United States and Brazil. Among them, Indo-European mixed blood accounts for 90%, and Indians account for 10%.

Before the Spanish colonial rule, Peruvian Indians had lived in Peru for thousands of years. However, due to the spread of infectious diseases, its population dropped from about 9 million in11960s to 600,000 in11960s. At present, Peru has a total population of 27 million, including Indians 1 1 10,000.

We see that there are many Indians in the big countries on the American continent. European colonists slaughtered Indians very quickly, which made the Indian population decrease sharply.

Why do countries with the most whites have the least Indians? The United States, Canada and Brazil have the most whites and the least Indians. Why are 90% of Mexican Indo-Europeans mixed-race, and there are more than100000 Indians? Why was the Indian population in Peru slaughtered by the Spanish colonial rulers? The estimated population has dropped from 9 million in the 1960s to 600,000. Why did it increase from 600,000 to the present 1 1 10,000?

After European colonists entered America, they not only invaded and plundered Indian land, but also carried out bloody slaughter on Indians. For example, in 1554, Portuguese colonists massacred the Diani Indian tribe in Brazil, and at the same time captured about 10000 Indians as slaves, thus destroying the tribe.

1629, Portuguese colonists slaughtered Indians in laguardia, and then transported about 30,000 Indians to the slave market in Rio de Janeiro for sale.

In addition, throughout the colonial period, Indian resistance came and went, and almost all of them were brutally suppressed. The brutal colonial war caused great casualties among Indians. During the 78 years from Columbus' arrival in America in 1492 to the completion of the conquest in 1570, about 2.56 million Indians died in the colonial war.

Colonists also forced Indians to work hard. Many Indians died of smallpox and other plagues introduced from Europe, which led to a sharp decline in Indian population and the extinction of Indians in whole villages or regions. After the end of the colonial era, with the progress of society, the slaughter and abuse of Indians by European colonists decreased, and the basic living standards of Indians were improved, and their population began to slowly pick up at the beginning of the19th century.

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