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Andrew Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson grew up on the boarder between Northand South Carolina. Both of his parents were Irish immagrants who came to the U.S. in 1765. Jackson never got to meet his father because he died 3 weeks before he was born. When he was 13, he and his 2 brothers joined the militia. His older brother had died during the battle of stono ferry. His other brother then died of small pox soon after they had be released from the militia. His mother soon after that. By his 14th year, he was an orphan. -
Jackson Enlists in Revolutionary Army
At age 13, Andrew Jackson joined the Revolutionary Army with his brothers. His older brother died during the Battle of Stono Ferry. During the war, Jackson climbed up the ranks and became a general. He then became popular for his fiery temper on the battlefield and a national hero. He and his other brother were then both captured by the British. There they contracted the smallpox. Shortly after being released from both the British and the army Jackson's brother died. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson was a general in the United States military. He led 3,000 troops into a fortified base of 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors. The fort was shaped like a horseshoe so there was only one entrance would be great for attacks from the inside, but if it was a attack from there would be nowhere to run. Over 800 Red Sticks died, but the United States had gotten 23,000,000 acres of land. This was the begining of Andrew Jackson's popularity of a national war hero. -
Battle of New Orleans
This was the unofficial end battle of the War of 1812 because the treaty to end the war was on December 24, 1814. Thia is the bloodiest battle between Britain and America ever. Andrew Jackson was a general in this war. Afterward the young general became a star across the nation. He had brought 4,500 troups, free blacks, New Orleans aristocrats, and Choctaw Indians when he had heard that the british infiltarted the U. s. through the New Orleans riverports. The battle lasted only about 30 minutes. -
Election of 1824
The winner of the electorial college vote was Andrew Jackson though there weren't enough votes for him to take office. Because there wasn't a winner, the vote went to the House of Representatives. The speaker of the House was cast out of the election becasue he had the least amount of votes in the election. He had, then, convinced enough of the House that the winner was John Quincey Adams, and in return, Adams had elected Clay as Secretary of the State. This election was "The Corrupt Bargain". -
Nullification Crisis
Southerners wanted the Tariff of 1828 to be nullified. The vice president, John C. Calhoun, supported the nullification of the new tariff. This tariff was actually supposed to be passed during John Quincey Adams' presidency so he could be public!y embarrassed, and it was supposed to help Jackson win the election of 1828. The only problem was that the proposal wasn't passed during Adams' presidency . The people then out the blame of the new taxes on Jackson so he was the one in the mess. -
Election of 1828
John Quincey Adams and Andrew Jackson both ran for president again during this election. Followers of Jackson called themselves Democratic Republicans and followers of Adams were called National Republicans. Both canidates were called names and were insulted by the other political parties. Jackson won the election, but his wife had died before his inaguration. Once at his inagruation, he refused to say the courtesty call to the outgoing president, and Adams didn't even attend the inaguration. -
Indian Removal Act
The president, Andrew Jackson, was allowed to grant the unsettled land to indians who lived inside the states' borders. Most of the tribes went peacefully, but the Cherokees didn't want to leave their land to have to start all over again in unsettled land. The United States then forced the Cherokees to the west, but on the journey there,about 3,000 indians died. The journey was then called the Trail of Tears because of all the lives lost. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
Georgia had tried to bully the Cherokee Indians to leave the state of Georgia because they were dependant to the United States and therefore have to annex their land to Georgia, but the Chief of the Indians had told Georgia's government that they were a government too and they can stay were their land is. Georgia's government officials then took the Indians' land. When Georgia started moving the Cherokee Indians to other places and selling their land to white citizens, Worcester was sent . -
Bank War
Jackson didn't believe in a strong national government so the Bank of the United States was not something that he supported. He believed that the nation's money should be in state banks so all the money wouldn't be in the same place. Jackson had decided that he wouldn't accept the renewal of the national bank. There was a conflict between the president and the president of the bank, Nicholas Briddle. By 1833, Jackson had dismembered the Bank of the United States.
