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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born in a log cabin on the frontier. His parents had left Ireland to settle in the Carolinas. Quickly after that both of Jackson’s parents died before he was 15. He joined the Patriots when he was 13 during the American Revolution. After the revolution, he became very wealthy be buying and selling land. In his twenties, he was elected to congress. -
Jacksons enlists in the revoluntionary war
When Jackson was 13, He joined the patriots in the American revolution.
He was captured by the british and the general ordered him to clean shoes but, he refused. The General took his sword and cut his hand and arm. That memory stayed with Jackson his whole life. -
Battle of New Orleans
In 1814 the British prepared to attack New Orleans. Jackson had turned frontier fighters into a strong army. His army included thousands of frontiersmen and Choctaw indians. On January 18, 1815, the British attacked. The American soldiers dug trenches to defend themselves. More than 2,000 British soldiers fell under the deadly fire under the American soldiers. Only seven American soldiers died. -
Battle of Horseshoe bend
It was fought during the war of 1812 in central Alabama. United States forces and Indian allies defeated the Red Sticks, who was apart of the creek indian tribe who opposed American expansion. In 1813 American soldiers intercepted the Red Sticks, but the Red Sticks ended up attacking the American soldiers and ended up defeating them, but in the end they made a compromise. -
Election of 1824
It marked the final collapse of the Republican-Federalist political framework. For the first time no Federalist ran to be president. There was no political parties in 1824 and the official candidate for the Republicans was William H. Crawford. The Republicans in the congress had voted for him , but insiders in other parties thought he was a liability. -
Election of 1828
In 1828, John Quincy Adams faced a battle against Andrew Jackson. People who were against Adams said that he was a aristocrat and a member of the upper-class.They called andrew Jackson a dangerous “military chieftain” and that he was going to become a dictator like Napoleon Bonaparte. Andrew Jackson won the election of 1824. We he was elected the politics of the people were important. -
Indian removal act
The Indian removal act was passed in 1830 by Jackson's supporters in congress. It made Native Americans to move west of Mississippi. The new white settlers did not care about the Native Americans. In 1838 the U.S army forced 15,000 Cherokees west. The long, sorrowful journey became know as the “Trail of Tears”. In Florida, the Seminoles resisted to leave. They began fighting them but, after the third war the government forced them to leave. -
Worcester v. Georgia
In 1832, there was a case in the supreme court called Worcester v. Georgia. In this case, Chief Justice John Marshall declared Georgia's actions unconstitutional; saying the Native Americans were protected by the U.S constitution. Andrew Jackson denied to enforce the Court's decision. He then backed up the states’ rights. He said the government can not stop Georgia over its authority with Cherokee lands. -
Nulification crisis
The Nullification crisis was a tariff that was designed to protect the U.S industry but, the farmers end up calling it the “Tariff of Abominations” because they hated it. It hurt them because the farmers depended on trade with europe.With the tariff so high it was hard for them to get these goods. Vice-President John C. Calhoun from South Carolina believed in the idea of “states rights”. So, South Carolina declared the tariff illegal by passing the Nullification act and they thretand to withdraw -
Bank War
It refers to political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the bank of the united states. Jackson decided to make rechartering a “referendum on the legitimacy of the institution in the general election of 1832.” When congress voted to reauthorize the bank, Jackson promptly vetoed the bill. If Jackson had a second term then he would have abolished the bank all together.
