Put the events in the order in which they happened. (The first event that happened will be number 1, the next event will be number 2, and so on.)

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The government forced the Cherokee people to leave their lands and move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Thousands of Cherokee died during and after the journey, which became known as the Trail of Tears.

The US government passed the Land Ordinance of 1785, which allowed settlers to buy sections of land for $1 per acre.

Gold was discovered in the Southeast and settlers poured into the southern states. Most did not find gold, but many stayed to start cotton farms in the southeast.

American colonists, who did not like the laws and taxes forced on them by the British government, fought and defeated Great Britain in the Revolutionary War and gained their independence.