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The Era of the Common Man
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Jackson's Birth
He was born in Waxhaws, the border between North and South Carolina. His parents were Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. His dad died three weeks before he was born. -
Jackson enlist in Revolutionary Army
Jackson joined the army at age 13 with his brother, Robert Jackson, who died from heat exhaustion at the Battle of Stono Ferry. Andrew and his other brother Robert were taken prisoner for a few weeks in April 1781. While they were captives a British officer ordered them to clean his boots. The boys refused, the officer struck them with his sword and Andrew's hand was cut to the bone. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
1000 american indians were guarding the peninsula, and 3600 european americans attacked them. The indians were trying to keep their land, but our forces forced them out of their own land. -
Battle of New Orleans
The British attacked New Orleans, trying to seperate Louisiana from the rest of the United States. Jean Lafitte had warned the Americns of the attack. The 7,500 British soldiers couldn't get past the American defenses. General Andrew Jackson's 4,500 troops held them off. 2,000 Bristish troops were killed or wounded and only 21 of the American troops were killed or wounded. -
Election of 1824
The four candidates for the election were Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and William H. Crawford. Jackson won the popular vote, but he tied with John Quincy Adams in votes from the Electoral College. The House of Representatives voted Adams as the President. -
Nullification Crisis
A protective tariff was passed in 1828 on imported goods. It hurt sourthern planters and South Carolina threatened to secede. Henry Clay made a compromise that lowered the tariff and gave the president power to use force if a state threatens to secede. -
Election of 1828
The candidates were Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Jackson won the election by a landslide. There are less candidates than last year, and he almost won last year, so he got more votes this time. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson passed this to give himself the power to move Indians west of the Mississippi. He used this power to move the native out of Georgia. 4,000 Cherokees died on the way west of the Mississippi. -
Worcestor v. Georgia
In 1832 Samuel Worcestor didn't want to force the natives out of Georgia. The court ruled that the Natives had the right to live in Georgia. -
Bank War
Andrew Jackson closed all banks in the U.S because they had too much power. A famous quote he said about the bank was " I will kill it ". Jackson vetoed the banks. Jackson also removed all federal funds from all banks.
