Which paragraph in the section "Living in the Cherokee tribe" explains the Cherokee government in the 1600s?Give text evidence to support your answer.
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The Cherokee nation is the largest Native American group.
The government counted almost 820,000 people in Cherokee families in 2010. In the 1600s, the Cherokee people had huge amounts of land in the Appalachian Mountains. They lived in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina and South Carolina. Today they live mostly in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Living in the Cherokee nation
In the 1600s, Cherokee homes were log cabins with one door and no windows. Towns had 30 to 60 houses and a meeting house.
The Cherokee towns were made up of two different groups. Each had its own leaders. There were the red and white groups. The red group led the town during war times. A war chief led the red group. Red leaders held war meetings and led battles. A peace chief led the white group. White leaders were leaders in time of peace and led religious services. They also made laws.
Cherokee life was like that of other Southeastern nations like the Creeks. Years ago, the Cherokee had stone tools. They made baskets and pottery. They grew corn and beans. Deer and bear were used for meat and clothing.
Cherokee land taken away
The Spanish, French and English tried to take over parts of the southeastern United States. That included Cherokee land.
The French and Indian War was awful for the Cherokee. The war took place over 250 years ago. The British had a plan that led to destroying towns. Towns of the Cherokee and other nations were destroyed. Native American groups lost money because of the British. The Cherokee and the Creek had to give some of their lands to pay people back. They gave up a great deal of land in Georgia.
Later the Cherokee used many American ways. The nation made a government like the United States government. They helped President Andrew Jackson against the Creek nation in the Creek War. The Creek War took place in the early 1800s. The Cherokee also started a writing system for their language.
Cherokee forced to move west in Trail of Tears march
Gold was found on Native American people's land in Georgia in the 1820s. It was one reason for the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The law forced the Cherokee and other nations to move west.
Starting in 1838, the U.S. army forced as many as 16,000 Cherokee from their homes. A few hundred escaped. The others were put into camps while their homes were burned. Then they were sent west to what is now Oklahoma. Most of them walked. This march came to be known as the Trail of Tears. About 4,000 Cherokee died on the journey.
Cherokee in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, the Cherokee joined other nations. They also had been forced from their homes by the government.
Today it is said that the Cherokee nation has more than 730,000 people in the United States. Most of them still live in Oklahoma.
Read the second paragraph of the article.

The government counted almost 820,000 people in Cherokee families in 2010. In the 1600s, the Cherokee people had huge amounts of land in the Appalachian Mountains. They lived in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina and South Carolina. Today they live mostly in Oklahoma and North Carolina.