Put the following events in chronological order:

William McIntosh and the Treaties of Indian Springs
The Trail of Tears
Yazoo Land Fraud
Worcester v. Georgia

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Here is the chronological order of the events you provided:

  1. Yazoo Land Fraud (1789-1796) - The Yazoo Land Fraud refers to the sale of land in present-day Georgia to private speculators under corrupt circumstances, leading to widespread public outcry and eventual legal battles.

  2. William McIntosh and the Treaties of Indian Springs (1821, 1825) - William McIntosh, a Creek leader, signed the Treaties of Indian Springs, which ceded Creek lands in Georgia to the state, leading to further tensions with the Creek Nation.

  3. Worcester v. Georgia (1832) - This Supreme Court case ruled that the state of Georgia could not impose its laws within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, affirming that Native American nations were sovereign.

  4. The Trail of Tears (1838-1839) - This refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee and other tribes from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, resulting in significant suffering and loss of life.

So, the correct chronological sequence is:

  1. Yazoo Land Fraud
  2. William McIntosh and the Treaties of Indian Springs
  3. Worcester v. Georgia
  4. The Trail of Tears