Around 15,000 Cherokee were forced to leave their homes in 1838.
Henry Clay’s message was less than a clarion cry for war but
it was sufficient. The passage goes like this, “… Congress will touch the responsibility
of putting the US into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis and
corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.”
The respond to the national spirit and expectations, Clay directly
grabbed the edge and filled war committees with the young war Hawks.
Conclusions of archeologists were based on artifacts found over a large area. Exact dates cannot always be determined, and scientists don't always agree on the data provided by the evidence. New discoveries may contradict theories that have already been accepted.
Cactus Hill site has human remains that have been dated to about 20,000 years ago. Due to its location in Virginia proves that human beings had arrived in America earlier than this. That data contradicts the theory that claims that humans reached America from Siberia through the modern day Bring Strait.
The Cactus Hill Archaeological Site is located on a wind-deposited terrace of the Nottoway River in Sussex County.
First African American to publish a book of poetry.
