He put in the rights of man.
Based on John Locke’s Social Contract, these rights are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. He
believed that government had a duty to uphold these rights if it wanted to
secure t loyalty and obedience of its citizens.
He help to draft the constitution of 1824 and was a major influence in the addition of a general colonization provition.
Olmec and Mayan culture both had pyramids as an important part of their cultures. La Venta was an Olmec pyramid built as a ceremonial center. <span>Pyramid of Kukulkan, is a Mayan pyramid and is one of the most visited pyramids to date.</span>
In short, Southern citizens wanted more land and they only way they could get more land was to work with the Federal government to remove the tribes that were on the land from their land.
So, the Indian Removal Act made it possible to relocate tribes to reservations. The relocation is known as the trail of tears for the hardship the Native Americans faced on that journey.
