With the passage of this act and the overwhelming re-election of Andrew Jackson in 1832, a number of Native Americans began to reconsider their positions on relocation.
It was opposed in Congress by such men as New Jersey Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen and Tennessee Representative David Crockett and it was also opposed outside of Congress by a number of Christian missionaries,* including Jeremiah Everts. With the passage of this act and the overwhelming re-election of Andrew Jackson in 1832, a number of Native Americans began to reconsider their positions on relocation. FTP, name this law passed in 1830 which gave the president authorization to negotiate land-exchange treaties with Native Americans living east of the Mississippi.
It was opposed in Congress by such men as New Jersey Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen and Tennessee Representative David Crockett and it was also opposed outside of Congress by a number of Christian missionaries,* including Jeremiah Everts.
Indian Removal Act of 1830