This is a quote from Principal Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation in 1836. By the [laws of this act], we are [robbed] of our private possessions, the…property of individuals. We are stripped of every attribute of freedom and eligibility for legal self-defense. Our property may be plundered before our eyes; violence may be committed on our persons; even our lives may be taken away, and there is none to regard our complaints. We are denationalized; we are disenfranchised. We are deprived of membership in the human family! We have neither land nor home, nor resting place that can be called our own.
Based on this quote, how did the Indian Removal Act impact the Cherokee Nation?

Select two that apply.

It allowed the Cherokee Nation to create a new government.

It allowed the Cherokee Nation to create a new government.

It prevented the Cherokee Nation from leaving its traditional lands.

It prevented the Cherokee Nation from leaving its traditional lands.

It took land away from the Cherokee Nation.

It took land away from the Cherokee Nation.

It increased the wealth of the Cherokee Nation.

It increased the wealth of the Cherokee Nation.

It put the people of the Cherokee Nation at risk of violence from white settlers.