What motivated Andrew Jackson to speak these words?"Beyond the great river Mississippi…your father has provided a country large enough for all of you…There your white brothers will not trouble you."

He declared that the only hope for the Southeastern tribes' survival would be for them to give up all their land and move west of the Mississippi River. Jackson warned the tribes that if they failed to move, they would lose their independence and fall under state laws.

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