The decline of the cherokee in the 1700's was caused by

It was caused by the English. Then they fought many wars with other tribes, and finally in 1815 the US Government forced them to move to a reservation in Arkansas.

Because of competition for the resources by settlers and other Indians,
because of loss of trade

Ithink the answer is d. the lower appellate and trial courts in the state. 

In financial aspects, a depression is a sustained, long haul downturn in monetary movement in one or more economies. it is a more extreme monetary downturn than a recession, which is a slowdown in financial action through the span of a typical business cycle. a depression is an irregular and extreme type of recession. so depression is always followed by recession but it is not correct to state that a depression always follow a recession.