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There was also a rise in trade. This connected Native people to the world outside. Native Americans gave animal skins to white traders. The whites gave the Indians different goods. They gave them guns, cattle, food, tools, and more. This had a downside, though. Because the Native Americans relied on these things, they became more tied to the white people.

In the East, the U.S. government was trying to win more land. It wanted the Native Americans to move out.

Earlier, the U.S. government had agreed to let the Native Americans keep their land. But, soon, the white people demanded by ordering the Native American to leave so they could settle there.