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Jacksons Birth
Was born in Waxhaw, South Carolina. -
Jackson Enlists In The Revolutionary War
He joined at the age of 13 with his brother, Robert Jackson. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Was one of many battles of The War of 1812. This battle was in the Mississippi territory. Andrew Jackson was the major general. -
Battle of New Orleans
This battle gave Andrew Jackson the recognition he would need later on in his presidency. He was promoted into commander of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana. He heard that the British were heading towards Louisiana and he wanted that Revolutionary War experience. -
Election of 1824
Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay, who were all in the Democratic Republican party. Andrew Jackson got 99 electoral votes. John Quincy Adams, for second place, got 84. -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson (Democratic) and John Quincy Adams (National Republic). -
Indian Removal Act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the mississippi river -
Worcester v. Georgia
It was a case in which the United States supreme court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-native Americans from being present on native American lands without a license from the state is unconstitutional. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nulification Convention declared that the tarrifs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and uninforcable with a state of South Carolina after Febuary 1833. -
Bank War
The Bank War was the name given to Andrew Jackson campaign to destroy the Second Bank of the United States. After his reelection he was convinced to establish the Second Bank.
