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Born
Andrew Jackson was born to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, who were Scots- Irish and had immigrated from Ireland in 1765. The exact location of Jackson's birth is unknown, but is thought to be at one of his uncles' houses in either North Carolina or South Carolina. Jackson's father died three weeks before he was born. -
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Birth-Death
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Started Fighting in Revolutionary War
At the age of thirteen Jackson joins a local militia and starts serving his country. -
Jackson's Mother Dies
Jackson's mother died of cholera, which she got from being a nurse. After his mother died Jackson was an orphan. -
Became a Lawyer
Jackson was admitted to the bar and became a lawyer in Jonesborough, an area that is now part of Tennessee. -
Jackson Married Rachel Donelson
Jackso married Rachel Donelson whom he met in 1788 in Nashville. Rachel had suffered an unhappy marrige. -
Jackson Remarried Rachel
Jackson descovers that Rachel was never truely divorced from her husband, which is called bigamy, and remarried her once the divorce was complete. -
Elected into the House of Representitives
Jackson was elected Tennessee's first representitive in the House of Representitives. -
Elected into the Senate
Jackson was elected into senate, but resigned after serving eight months. -
Judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Jackson was elected judge of the Tennessee Surpreme Court and held the posistion util 1804. -
Comander of Tennessee Militia
Jackson was appointed commander of the Tennessee militia. -
Hermitage
Jackson purchases the hermitage property near Nashville, Tennessee. -
Duel with Charles Dickinson
Charles Dickinson accuses Jackson of cheating on a horse race and bigamy. To solve this they decide to duel, which is shooting at each other from a distice and whoever survives wins they both got shot, but Dickinson died and Jackson lived. -
Victory at Horseshoe Bend
Jackson lead troops to victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. They killed around 800 Creek Indians and gained 20 million acres in present-day Georgia and Alabama. Only forty-nine men out of Jackson's 2,000 died. -
Battle of New Orlleans
Jackson defeated the British during the Battle of New Orleans and dubbed a national hero. He recieved a gold medal and thanks from congress. -
Captured Pensacola, Florida
Jackson and his troops captured Pensacola, Florida from the Spanish, and overthrew West Florida Governor José Masot. -
Became Florida's Military Govoner
Jackson became Florida's military govoner and held the post until December of that year. -
Re-elected to Senate
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Election of 1824
Jackson was backed by Pennsylvania and other key states, North and South, early on. Jackson won the election with his 152,901 votes, but none of the canidates won a majority in the Electorial College. Jackson earned the most, ninety-nine. The House began voting in 1825. Adams held twelve states, Jackson seven, and Crawford four. Adams won the election, despite the fact Jackson had won plurality of the electorial and popular. -
Election of 1828
Jackson won the election of 1828 by a landslide and became the seventh president of the United States. -
Rachel Dies
Rachel dies at age sixty-one. Jackson was said to be inconsolable once his belovied wife died. He built a tomb for her in her flower garden. -
Indian Removal Act
Jackson signed this act, which gave the indians land west of the Mississippi in exchange for their homeland. This was also known as the Trail of Tears. -
Death
After completing his second term as president Andrew Jackson returned to Hermitage (the plantation he lived on), where he died of tuberculosis.
