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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born in the Waxhaws region between North and South Carolina. -
Jackson enlist in Revolutionary Army
The battles of the American Revolutionary War that raged in the Carolinas from 1778 to 1781 had a devastating effect on Jackson’s life. Andrew, along with his brothers, joined the patriotic cause and volunteered to fight the British and when he was only thirteen. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Jackson sought to "clear" the Mississippi Territory for American settlement. He commanded an army of Tennessee militia men, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force. -
Battle of New Orleans
This battle took place between Britain and the US after the end of the War of 1812 because word had not gotten around yet that the war had already been declared over. -
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams was voted the sixth president of the United States. -
Election of 1828
This was a rematch between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Jackson was the victor. -
Indian Removal Act.
This was a law put in place to keep Indians in the West. In 1830, Georgia passed a state law that any white person living among Indians without a license from the government would be sent to prison. -
Worcester vs Georgia
People got mad about the Indian Removal Act. Samuel Worcester, a missionary, was arrested and sent to prison for living among the indians, but he sued and won. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina said they had the right to nullify a national law, and Jackson got really mad. He threatened to send the military into SC, but then the state threatened to secede. -
Bank War
The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.
