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Conflicts between Indians and U.S. Government: Doctrine of Discovery and Assimilation

Explore the historical conflicts between Indians and the U.S. government, including the Doctrine of Discovery, perspectives on property ownership, family, work, religion, and nature. Learn about King Phillip's War, the Quakers, the Northwest Ordinance, assimilation, removal, and allotments. Understand the role of John C. Calhoun and the impact of the European Doctrine of Discovery. Discuss the government's justification for confiscating Indian lands and the effects of the Louisiana Purchase. Discover how governmental policies encouraged acculturation and assimilation, and how the War of 1812 intensified the Indian-white relations. Dive into the "civilized" Indian tribes of the Southeast and their adaptations in Florida and Oklahoma. Explore voting rights in the 1828 presidential election.

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Conflicts between Indians and U.S. Government: Doctrine of Discovery and Assimilation

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  1. Chapter 3 Why were there conflicts between Indians and the United States government?

  2. What is the Doctrine of Discovery?

  3. How did people feel about property ownership?

  4. How did viewpoints differ about family, work, religion, and nature?

  5. Why did white colonists think they had an “Indian Problem?”

  6. What was King Phillip’s War?

  7. Who were the Quakers?

  8. What was the Northwest Ordinance?

  9. What is assimilation?

  10. What did “removal” mean for Indians?

  11. What were “allotments?”

  12. Who was John C. Calhoun? Portrait of John C. Calhoun by Rembrandt Peale Gibbs Museum of Art

  13. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How did the government justify confiscating Indian lands? How did the purchase of the Louisiana Territory affect the problem of taking Indian lands? How did the European Doctrine of Discovery influence government and Indian relationships?

  14. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How did whites and Indians view one another? What three ways did governmental policies encourage acculturation and assimilation of Indians? How did the War of 1812 intensify the problems between the Indian and the white man?

  15. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Which were the “civilized” Indian tribes of the Southeast? Why were these tribes considered civilized? Consider what you know about the weather and geography of Florida and Oklahoma. To what changes did the Seminoles have to adapt? In the presidential election of 1828, who had voting rights?

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