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jacksons birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 25, 1767 in the town of Waxhaw. Andrew's father passed away a couple days before the birth of Jackson. Jackson along with his Brothers lived in a small village in County Atrim. Jackson studied law when he went to the "Old-Field" school in 1781. He Worked at a saddle making shop nearby. -
Jackson enlists in revolutionary army
Andrew Jackson joined the army when he was only 13 years old. He was held as a prisoner to the britsh. -
battle of horseshoe bend
was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under Colonel Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion, effectively ending the Creek War. -
battle of new orleans
The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812.American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on December 24, 1814 and was ratified by the United States Senate on February 16, 1815. -
Election of 1824
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives -
election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams, now incumbent President, and Andrew Jackson, the runner-up in the 1824 election. With no other major candidates, Jackson and his chief ally Martin Van Buren consolidated their bases in the South and New York and easily defeated Adams. -
indian removal Act
The indian removal Act was an Act signed by Andrew Jackson to remove indians from georgia, tennesse, alabama, and south carolina. this increased the new population of those states and therefor they grew bigger as a state. -
worcester v. Ga
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians
Samuel Worcester
constituted 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
The Bank War is the name given to the controversy over the Second Bank of the United States and the attempts to destroy it by President Andrew Jackson. At that time, it was the only nationwide bank and, along with its president Nicholas Biddle, exerted tremendous influence over the nation's financial system. Jackson viewed the Second Bank of the United States as a monopoly since it was a private institution managed by a board of directors, and in 1832 he vetoed the renewal of its charter. -
nullification crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina.
