What story element is developed in the excerpt? the characters’ motivations the setting of the meeting place a theme of youthful passion a plot complication

Assuming that you're referring to the excerpt about two lovers that are madly in love but they're not allowed to marry, the story element is : a theme of youthful passion
Even though their parents keep trying to prevent them from marrying, they still took the risks and marry each other anyway

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Cherokee  removal, part of the trail of tears, refers to the  forced  relocation between 1836 and 1839 of thecherokee  nation from  their lands ingeorgia, south carolina, north carolina, tennessee, texas, and alabama to the indian territory (present day oklahoma)  in  the thenwestern united states, and the resultant deaths