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Jackson`s Birth
Father: Andrew Jackson - Died in 1767, the year his son was born.
Mother: Elizabeth Hutchinson - Helped nurse Continental soldiers and died of Cholera in 1781.
Siblings: Two brothers, Hugh and Robert, who both died during the Revolutionary War.
Wife: Rachel Donelson Robards - He married her before her divorce became final. This would come back to haunt them while Jackson was campaigning. He blamed his opponents for her death in 1828.
Children: No natural children; one adopted son - Andrew, Jr. -
jackson enlists in revolutionary army
Durning the Revolutionary war, Jackson joined the army at the age of 13 with his brother who died from heat exhaustion. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
During the Creek War of 1813-1814 General Andrew Jackson led the main contingent of American forces against the Creek Indians known as "Red Sticks." His army included Creek Indians as well as a sizeable Cherokee regiment. On March 27, 1814, Jackson attacked a large Red Sticks force at their heavily fortified position in a bend of the Tallapoosa River. The so-called "Battle of Horseshoe Bend" began with a bombardment by Jackson's canon, which had no effect on the stoutly built barricade. -
Battle of New Orleans
Crescent city offered a tempting prize to a british military still buoyant over the burning of washington D.C. To capture the city, Amiral sir Alexander.... -
Election 1824
showed the " era of good fellings" had com to an end. All the candidates were democratic-Republicans. sectional interests outweughed political orthodoy. Included: John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay,Andrew Jackson,John C. Calhoun, -
Election 1828
The Election of 1828 was unique in that nominations were no longer made by Congressional caucuses, but by conventions and the state legislatures. John Quincy Adams was re-nominated by forces then calling themselves the National Republicans; his running mate was Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush. The Democratic Republican (soon to be simply Democratic) opposition was posed by Jackson and his vice-presidential candidate, John C. Calhoun (who had previously been vice president under Adams). -
Nullification Crisis
Tariff was called " protectiue fantt". It was the highest import taxeuer. Southerns call it " Tariff of abominatis" because they depened on trade with Europeans. -
Indian removal act
jackson deliver a message to congress say that he wanted to remove indians from mississippi, western Alabama and georgia. -
Worcester U. Georgia
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians Samuel Worcesterconstituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast -
Bank war
Andrew Jackson believed that the Second Bank of the United States was unconstitutional and that it posed a serious threat to the American economy and its democratic political institutions. Though its charter was not set to expire until 1836, BUS president Nicholas Biddle requested and received a congressional recharter in 1832. Jackson decided to veto the bill. Jackson escalated this so-called "Bank War" in 1833 when he removed federal government funds that were on deposit with the BUS and distr -
jackson death
Jackson had avoided a national crisis, and his actions during the controversy were masterful. Through the careful use of presidential powers and compromise, he preserved the Union and upheld the power of federal law. At the end of his two terms in office, having participated in the inauguration of his successor, Martin Van Buren, Jackson retired to his plantation. He continued to keep his hand in national politics until his death on June 8, 1845
