The Cherokee had adopted a democratic constitution, based on the removal documents, does the trail of tears seem to reflect the idea that Americans would “civilize” others, or does it seem more like American expansion is about land?

American Expanison was more about land, you saw how the US needed more lands for agriculture and did not care of the native americans.

deists, human beings can know god only via reason and the observation of nature, but not by revelation or by supernatural manifestations

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