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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 in Waxhaws, Noth Carolina. -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary Army
Jackson joined the Continental Army as a courier when he was 13. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Jackson lead forces like European Americans against the American Indians in effort to open native land for European American settlers. -
Battle of New Orleans
The American victory here succesfully drove the British completely out of Louisiana -
Election of 1824
4 candidates were running, but since no one got the electoral majority of the vote, Henry Clay was disqualified. His voted then went to John Quincy Adams, making Adams president. -
Election of 1828
This election was a rematch between President John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, the winner being Andrew Jackson. -
Indian Removal Act
Jackson forced Indians to move west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This court case was about the Indians challenging Georgia to see if they really had the power to remove the Indians from their own lands. -
Bank War
Jackson believed the banks concentrated too much economic power into the hands of a small monied elites way beyond the public's control. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina threatened to secede if the federal government collected their tariff duties.
