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Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education
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He joined the Army at the age of just 13 to fight in the Revolutionary War (1775–83).
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Defeated the Creek Indians in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
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Defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans
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Losses Election to John Quiency Adams.
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Beats John Quieny Adams by a Landslide.
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Jackson believed that we should be able to remove Indians so he made an act to remove them.
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Jackson vetoed a bill to renew the Charter of the Bank of the U.S.
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Georgia tried to remove the Indians and the Indians tried to sue them, but Georgia won and the event was later known as the Trail of Tears.
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South Carolina passed an ordinance of nullification on November 24, 1832, that threatened to secede if the federal government attempted to collect those tariff duties.