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Jacksons Birth
He was born in alog cabin on the frontier. He was born in the Carolinas -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary Army
Jackson first served in the army at age twelve as a courier. He beacme commander of the Tennessee melitia and in the colonial army from 1801 until war broke out with the British. He was the leader of a milita that had many sucesses in the War of 1812 including the Battle of New Orleans. -
Battle of New orleans
The 7500 British troops marched against the 4500 US troops. The US troops were led by Andrew Jackson. They defeated the British in under 30 minutes. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Jacksons 3300 men attacked 1000 red stick warriors at horseshoe bend. over 800 indians died. the battle ended and we gained 23,000,000 acres in a land session -
Election of 1824
There were four canidatesand all were members of the old republican party. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote. However, no one won the electoral vote. Andrew Jackson beat out the three canidates he was running against and became president. -
Election of 1828
It was one of the dirtiest presidential elections ever. his wife was driven to the grave by charges of immorality. Jackson won the election by a landslide. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew jackson signed a law to move the indians west of the mississippi. some went peacefully but some didnt. the cherokes didnt move easily so the forced them to move on whats known as the trail of tears because over 4000 indians died -
Worcester V. Georgia
This was a case held in the supreme court angainst Samuel Worcester. It was held over a law that prohibited non-native americans from being on Native American land without a license issued by the state. The law was decided unconstitutional. -
Nullification crisis
They saw it as protection against federal encrochment. It was called the " Tariff of abominations " It was supposed to be a protective tariff but the southerners did not like it. -
Bank War
A political struggle that developed because of the issue over moving the second bank of the united states. This was during Andrew Jacksons presidencey. The problem arroused after jackson vetoed the bill to rechart the bank. The people began to argue that the bank was unconstitutional. recharting the bank was unsucessful.
