How did the pressure of westward expansion impact native americans? ?

They lost a lot of their freedoms and they lost the life they have always known. They were also removed from their land and placed on small reservations. Most families were separated, and much of their culture was lost as the government tried to assimilate them into the white ways of life.

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.