During Indian removal, what was the main purpose of the Stokes Commission? A. determining strategy during the Seminole Wars B. a
rranging land for the Five Tribes in Indian Territory C. arranging protection for tribes that resisted removal D. discovering methods to transport the tribes to Indian Territory
Arranging land for the Five Tribes in Indian Territory, is the right answer.
The Congress of the United States appointed the Stokes Commission on July 14, 1832. The main objective of this commission was to appease the native tribes of the newly formed Indian Territory in development for the relocation of eastern societies to that area. Among eastern Anglo-Americans, pressure arose to spring the Indian Removal, but the eastern societies were unwilling to withdraw, worrying they would be injured by what they recognized to be the "wild Indians" of the West.
