Why does Chief Justice Marshall begin this text with the
explanation of the Cherokee Nation's status as a distinct
community?

-to explain how Georgia's laws interfere with the laws of the
Cherokee Nation
holding

-to explain why the state of Georgia put Mr. Worcester in
prison in the first place
one or

-to explain previous treaties with the Cherokee Nation that
were in place before the state of Georgia was formed
own
of

-to explain the ruling that the state of Georgia does not have
any right to prosecute someone in the Cherokee Nation
e no