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Andrew Jackson was Born on March 15 1767 in Waxhaws.
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Enlisted at 13 years old
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At the age of 25 Jackson is elected General of the Tennessee militia.
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Defeated the Indians and killed the Indian leader Tecumseh
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After the War of 1812 Jackson went on to fight the Indians. He defeated them thus making a final statement to end the war. He became a national hero and everybody loved him.
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James Monore tol Jackson to lead an army into Georgia to fight the Seminole Creek Indians
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Corrupt Barganing happend which means that John Q. Adams promised Henry Clay a seat in the Senate because Henry Clay had promised to spread good propaganda about him.
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After the Corrupt Barganing people disliked John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson won by a landslide.
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South Carolina almost secceeded because the farmers in the south were losing money and goods because of this new tax
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The Indian Removal Act was a plan to move all indians west of the Mississippi River. The path they took was also known as the Trail of Tears because of the many sicknessess and deaths along the way.
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Andrew Jackson did not like the National Bank of America because he thought it had too much power and vowed to " Kill it." And he did that exactly by denying renewal when the Bank was up for it.
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Richard Lawrence, an unemployed housepainter pointed a gun at Jackson after he was leving a funeral in South Crolina. He fired the pistol but it misfired so he pulled out a second pistol which also misfired. He blamed Jackson for the loss of his job and needed money so he tried to kill him. He said
"I shall not rise until the president falls" and that money would be plenteful. -
Andrew Jackson died of tuberculosis, heart failure and dropsy in Nashville Tennesse on June 8 1845.
