Below is an excerpt from a speech given by President Andrew Jackson before Congress in 1833.
"My original convictions upon this subject have been confirmed by the course of events for several years, and experience is every day adding to their strength. That those tribes cannot exist surrounded by our settlements and in continual contact with our citizens is certain. They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition. Established in the midst of another and a superior race, and without appreciating the causes of their inferiority or seeking to control them, they must necessarily yield to the force of circumstances and ere long disappear."
Based on the quote, how would you characterize Jackson's views on the Native American tribes?
• He thought that all treaties with Native Americans should be honored.
• He believed that they should be respected as the native people of the land
• He believed that they could not live as equals with the American settlers.
He thought they were superior to American settlers