The U.S. government's policy toward Native Americans changed between the early 1800s and the 1850s by how in the 1800s the government carried out a policy of moving Native Americans out of the way of white settlers. ... Then gold and silver were discovered in Indian Territory as well as settled regions farther west.
Many Native American tribes allied with the British during the Revolutionary War. However, the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war, was silent on the fates of these British allies. The new United States government was thus free to acquire Native American lands by treaty or force. Resistance from the tribes stopped the encroachment of settlers, at least for a while.
