Suffering should be avoided. I am a Buddhist and Buddhism is built on the fact that humans are suffrage, we create our own suffering by being selfish and wanting to much and never giving it back. That is why when you find enlightenment you are not only finding your soul but you have everything you need and want.
The American Genocide was a time when millions of Americans died by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in the year 1915, during World War 1, leaders of the Turkish government set in motion a plan to expel and massacre Americans.
The simple answer here is because of slavery.
In South Carolina, the Patriots and Loyalists were approximately 50% each. Loyalists and the Cherokee in the colony fought with the British. Patriots joined the Revolutionary forces.