indian trade and intercourse act/ permanent indian frontier

• in 1834
• trade and intercourse act made it illegal for any white Americans to settle on the land west of the Indian Frontier. It also made it illegal to sell weapons or alcohol to the Native Americans.
• permanent indian frontier was a border along the Mississippi River, dividing the eastern United States from what became known as 'Indian Territory' It stated that Indian Territory was all land west of the Mississippi River, though did not include Louisiana or Arkansas