The Trail of Tears is part of Western Expansion it had to do with the settlers, the British, and the indians. The starter of the Trail of Tears had to do with fur trading and when the indians would leave there land and the settlers believed they had abandoned it. So the settlers came and took there land, and when the indians came back there would be settlers on there land.
There were many tribes of indians the main ones were Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaw, Chicksaw, and Seminoles. The Trail of Tears came from the Indians being forced out of there homes even though they have taken white ways. Andrew Jackson became president and thats when the indians started to get moved because they found gold in Georgia. They were taken down a path into reservations in Oklahoma, and Arkansas. They could take minimal belongings and were forced to walk through the dead of winter with no shoes or blankets. They were like a heard of cows being moved with the army on all sides poking them with bayonets if they weren't moving fast enough or out of line. 15 to 20 people died in a day and were buried along the road at the same time. A soldier quoted "The Cherokee removal was the cruelest thing i ever saw and i seen the Civil War." I think that the soldier saying that adds a lot of detail to The Trail of Tears and how bad it was. It says that the Trail of Tears was a terrible thing in history and it was one of the worst things Americans did.
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