Why did the cherokee call their forced move the "trail of tears"?

A treaty sent the Cherokee west. Andrew Jackson thought that time of year, being winter, which are usually mild going through Tennessee was the appropriate time. He was wrong. It was a very harsh winter and about half of them perished on the journey. Hence the name Trail of Tears.

Explanation:

answer: alexander hamilton

explanation: alexander hamilton was george washington's right hand man. he took an early role in the militia as the american revolutionary war began. in 1777, he became a senior aide to general washington in running the new continental army.

the first action that caused many creek indians to turn against william mcintosh was when mcintosh a) supported the united states during the creek war of 1813–1814. b) attempted to stop the sale of creek land to the u.s. government. c) seized control of over 1,000 acres of land belonging to the creeks.