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Andrew Jackson was Born
Andrew Jackson(Jr.) was born March 15, 1767 to his parents Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Jackson. He was born in Waxhaw settle, South Carolina. -
Jackson enlists in the Army
Jackson joined the patriots when he was 13. He was captured by the British and was slashed by a sword when he refused to clean a British officer’s boots. -
Jackson's Family
Jackson's mother died of Cholera, after volunteering to nurse infected prisoners of war held by the British. Jackson's brother, Hugh, was a soldier, and he died of heat exhaustion at Stono, sometimes called the Battle of Stono Creek or Battle of Stono Ferry. -
Marriage
Andrew Jackson marries Rachel Jacksonon December 22, 1794. He actually remarried her because 4 years ago they got divorced. -
Election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between incumbent President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, the runner-up in the election of 1824. With no other major candidates, Jackson and his chief ally Martin Van Buren consolidated their bases in the South and New York and easily defeated Adams. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was a law that was passed during the presidency of Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Native Americans in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. -
Worester vs. Georgia
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast. -
Veto the Bank
Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill that would have renewed the corporate charter for the Second Bank of the United States. It was one of the most definitive acts of his presidency. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. -
Andrew Jackson Dies
Andrew Jackson died at the age of 78 on June 8th, 1845. He died at his Hermitage plantation and the cause of death was Tuberculosis.
