Top 10 most painful topics

1. 
   Cherokee “Trail of Tears”-this is one of the saddest trails that has ever happened because many Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-creek, and Seminole Indians lost there lives while traveling west to the Indian reserve land, the Cherokee lost 4,000 out of 15,000 people that is why it is a sad trail and a story that could make you cry. This is why this is the number one topic that is the most painful
   
2. 1793 Fugitive Slave Act-this is the number 2 painful topic because it denied the people of there rights. They would not let runaway slaves have there freedom instead they would capture them and send them back to their masters. It denied the humans of their rights. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is a bill that states that if a slave runs away to the north or to a free state they are to be captured and returned to their master that is why I hate this topic, and why it is also a painful topic from this period of U.S. History.
   
3. 1811 Native Americans defeated in Battle of Tippecanoe in Indian Territory- this is the third most painful topic because it talks of the Indians land loss. They lost their land, their crops, homes, and peaceful lives. That is why this is a painful topic.
   
4. 1830 Indian Removal Act- this act was signed by president Andrew Jackson, and it stated that all Indians be removed from their land east of the Mississippi River, so that other settlers can get land. A lot of Indian chiefs who resisted started to rethink there positions especially after Jackson’s massive re-election. Many Indians had to relocate because of this act, and that is another reason why I think this topic is bad and painful.
   
5. 1834 Indian Territory Founded- land was set aside for the Indians which is in modern day Oklahoma. I put this topic as a painful one because the Indians were forced to live on reserved land, and they lost their homes and culture.
   
6. 1814 Andrew Jackson crushes Creek Resistance in the South- this is another painful topic because it talks of the Indians getting killed over their resistance to move because it is their land. It is a painful topic because of the fact that many Indians in that era lost all their lives and land which they lived from because people wanted to be greedy.
   
7. 1817-1818 First Seminole War- this is a painful topic because it explains that the first Seminole War was between three Native American tribes going to war with the United States over land and the natives resisting. It resulted in more wars between the Seminoles and the U.S. government.
   
8. 1848 Mexican Cession- the Mexican cession talks about how the Spanish signed a treaty after a short war giving the U.S. land of present day known as California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. The land was given to the U.S. from a treaty commonly known as Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ends the war between the U.S. and Mexico.
   
9. 1821 Missouri Compromise- the Missouri compromise is a painful topic because the Missouri compromise is a bill that wasn’t passed which was a good thing. But it stated that there cannot be any slaves in the former Louisiana territory but there can be in Mississippi. The House of Representatives declined the bill but passed a similar one in January allowing Missouri to be a slave state which is a painful topic because it denied certain people of there rights to be a citizen of the United States, in December Alabama became a slave state to which meant that more states were becoming slave states instead of free states which is a bad thing to have because then the states become unbalance which can lead to revolution and economic depression.
   
10. 1834 Second Seminole War in Florida-the United States fought various Native Americans in Florida. This was one of the most painful topics because it was very expensive for the U.S.A; many Americans and Natives alike lost many lives all because of a stupid war that was fought over who gets land and who doesn’t.