They didn't want the French to take over the area.
<span>I believe that the
correct answer is (b). As the tribe divided over voluntary removal, Elias
Boudinot and John Ridge became the two Cherokee leaders of opposite viewpoints.
Boudinot considered that the removal was inevitable and signed the Treaty of New
Echota in 1835 with other treaty supporters. On the other hand, the chief of
Cherokee nation, John Ridge, tried to stop white political leaders from forcing
them to move; he was backed by the majority. Their resistance resulted in the "Trail
of Tears" (Nu na da ul tsun yi (the place where they cried)) in which
one-fourth of the Cherokee forced to move died.</span>
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5,1770 between a “patriot” mob, throwing snowballs , stones, and sticks and a squad of bristish soldiers.
There were legions of Americans who could not vote, including Native Americans, some immigrants, women and black Americans.
