What political action did president Jackson make that led to the trail of tears?

President Andrew Jackson's political action that led to the Trail of Tears was the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This legislation aimed to relocate Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the Southeast to designated territories west of the Mississippi River. Jackson's administration forcibly removed thousands of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole, resulting in widespread suffering and death during the forced marches, known as the Trail of Tears. His policies reflected a broader agenda of westward expansion and the displacement of Indigenous peoples.