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Andrew Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15th, 1767. Jackson was born in a log cabin on the frontier. His parents were from Ireland, but the moved and settled in the Carolinas. When Jaxkson was 15 both of his parents died. When his pearents died he had to grow up quickly. -
Jacksons enlist in the Revolutionary Army
When Jackson was 13, he proved his toughness by joining the Patriots during the Americsn Revolution.During that time he was captured by the British. JAckson was always standing up for himself, and one day he refused to clean the British Officers boots.The officer took out his sword and cut Jacksons forehead. The memory of the cut stayed with Jefferson for the rest of his life. -
Battle Of New Orleans
In the battle of New Orleans Jackson took on men who were expert riflemen. People who lived in New Orleans also joined the army to beat the british and save their homeland. Americans dug trenches to help defend themselves from the British. The British attacked on Jan. 8, 1815. -
Battle of The Horseshoe Bend
Before the Battle of the Horseshoe Bend there was a few battles before.Jackson won the Battle of of the Horseshoe Bend. The Native Americans lost control of Lake Erie. Then had lost a leader, Tecumseh. The Native Americans had a lot of things fall apart and out of their hands from all the battles. Which is on reason Jackson won easily the Creeks surrender because Jackson was destroying his people. -
Election of 1824
There were 4 candidates for President in 1824. All four were members of the old Republican party, but the men each support in the different parts of the US. There was John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson and William Crawford, but he became to sick to campaign. No winner came out of the Election of 1824, but Jackson won the popular vote. NOne of the candidtes won the majority vote though. Clay then urged the members of the house to vote for Adams, so Adams became the new President. -
Election of 1828
Jackson had won the election 1828. For the election of 1828 there was stories about Jackson. Jackson had a big blow out during court. Jackson took charge and showed people people he could be in charge. Many people admired Jackson for the way he could be a leader. Other did not want Jackson to become president who had voted for other candidates. -
Indian Removal Act
The Native Americans were forced to move west of the Mississippi by people who were Jackson supporters. People on that side were okay with letting the Native American take some land that they thought was a vast desert. This Act lead the Trail of Tears. There was many people who had died on the Trail of Tears. This all happened within 8 years. -
Worceseter vs. Georgia
In 1828, Georgia passed a law declaring that all of the Native Americans must leave Georgia. The Cherokees took action and took this to court, arguing that the treatie didn't protect their rights and property. Jackson refused to go with court's decision. Then he said that he could not stop Georgia from extending its land over the Cherokees property. -
Nullification Crisis
The south was not to happy about the tariff. South Carolina was really anger and did something about the tariff. What South Carolina did was they passed the Nullification Act. The Nullification Act said that the new tariff was illegal and it would withdraw from the Union. Jacksondid was not happy about the Nullification Act. Henry Clay then made a compromise for the Union,which the President publicly supported. -
Bank War
President Jackson waged war on the Bank of the US. Jackson thought the banks were to powerful. The Bank had lots of power because it controlled loans made by any state banks. Jackson and congrees saw that the bank was undemocratic. Jackson comended that the man as agents and that they had "special privlages." In an angry messeage to Congress, Jackson vetoed the bill for the all banks, so all the banks all closed down.
