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1837 BCE
Worcester v.Ga
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. -
1833 BCE
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. -
1780 BCE
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War ended Jackson's childhood and wiped out his remaining immediate family. Fighting in the Carolina backcountry was especially savage, a brutish conflict of ambushes, massacres, and sharp skirmishes. -
Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. 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
After the War of 1812 British soldiers marched against Louisiana because they were not informed of the peace treaty between Britain and America.A pirate warned Jackson of their assault.Jackson led his men against them and defeated them. -
Election of 1824
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President in February 9,1825 after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. -
Election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 was the 11th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a re-match between incumbent President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, who won a plurality of the electoral college vote in the 1824 election. -
Indian Removal Act
Because of the problems in Georgia,along with his open hatred of Native Americans,Jackson asked Congress to pass a law removing Indians West of Mississippi.The Cherokees rejected Jackson's proposal and took their case to U.S. Supreme Court. -
Nullification Crisis
Nullification crisis, in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former’s attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. The resolution of the nullification crisis in favour of the federal government helped to undermine the nullification doctrine, the constitutional theory that upheld the right of states to nullify federal acts within their boundaries.
