Why did the us government remove native Americans from the southeast in the 1830s

Answer:
White Southerners wanted the Native Americans valuable land.
Explanation:
The Indian Removal Act was an Act passed by the US Congress to grant Indian Tribes unsettled land in exchange for their territories in the Southeast. Some of the tribes resettled peacefully but others refused to and were forced to do so in a march that was later called “Trail of Tears”.