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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson is born in the Garden of the Waxhaws, South California. -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary Army
The Declaration of Independence was signed when young Andrew was nine years old and at thirteen he joined the Continental Army as a courier.The Revolution took a toll on the Jackson family. One of Andrew's older brothers, Hugh, died after the Battle of Stono Ferry in 1779, and two years later Andrew and his other brother Robert were taken prisoner for a few weeks in April 1781. When a British Officer ordered them to clean his boots then he refused and the officer mostly cut Andrew's hand. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
On March, 27, 1814, The general Andrew defeated the "Red
Stick" faction of the Creek Nation at the Battle
of Horseshoe Bend, Alabama.The place that they battled was Tallapoosa River. -
Battle of New Orleans
In New Orleans Andrew Jackson had 4500 army agianst 7500 British soldiers.In half an hour,British had retreated and nearky 2000 of men were killed.Andrrew Jackson became a hero in New Orleans Battle. -
Election of 1824
In 1824 Andrew Jackson got the most electoral votes: 99. But he needed 130; John Quincy Adams received 84 electoral and 108,740 popular votes. The Congress decide that Adams whas better candidate for the position so the official winner of the election was Adams -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson's political party was called democratic and John Quincy Adams was called National Republican. The winner of the election of 1828 was John Quincy Adams. -
Indian Romoval Act
At the begining of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida but the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles was called Trail of Tears because approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march. -
Bank War
During 1832 the President Jackson destroy the Second Bank of the United States because he thought it was too powerful. After his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support. -
Worcester v. Georgia
In the 1820s and 1830s Georgia conducted a relentless campaign to remove the Cherokees, who held territory within the borders of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee at that time. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullififcation Act was a sectional crisis, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government.
Some of the reasons of the Nullification Act was the expensives tariff during the Jackson's presidecy.
