President Andrew Jackson supported the Indian Removal policy because he thought this would be beneficial to the Indians. By removing them from their ancestral home and relocating them on federal lands, Jacks thought that he was doing them a favor by saving them from the white man’s depredations. He added that by transferring them to federal land, they would be able to live out their lives in peace and govern among themselves. The relocation had devastating effects on these tribes as many died of disease by being expelled through force and conflicts erupted between settlers and Indians.