Indian Removal Of Native Americans

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These sources help us understand the process of Indian Removal, because once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the Native Americans, they were going to do everything in their power to get that land. This resulted in the Native Americans starving, having illnesses, and even dying. These hardships were undeservingly constrained upon an innocent group of people. We can learn that the Trail of Tears was not about a basic voyage the Indians made to find new frontiers. The Trail of Tears was the result of the white people being selfish. They are the ones who caused the Indians to lose everything that was important to them. White people were completely unfair, cruel, and heartless. Imagine being kicked out of the home you grew

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