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Andrew Jacksons Birth
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born in the Waxhaws area near the border between North and South Carolina on March 15, 1767. Jackson's parents lived in North Carolina but historians debate on which side of the state line the birth took place. -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary Army
Andrew Jackson was 13 years old when he began fighting in the Revolutionary War - the first being Battle of Hanging Rock -
Battle of Horse Shoe 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
On December 24, 1814, Great Britain and the United States signed a treaty in Ghent, that effectively ended the War of 1812. News was slow to get to them.However, and on January 8, 1815, the two sides met in what is remembered as one of the conflict’s biggest and most decisive engagements. Future President Andrew Jackson and an assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians and even pirates fought against the British. Helped foil plans for a British invasion. -
Election of 1824
The Election, of 1824, had seen John Quincy Adams become president although his opponent Andrew Jackson had earned the most electoral votes. Because no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote. That election was decided by the House of Representatives in Adams’s favour after fellow candidate and Speaker Henry Clay threw his support behind Adams. Adams appointed Clay his secretary of state, giving merit to rumours of a “corrupt bargain” in the eyes of Jackson supporters. -
Election of 1828
By 1828 selection of presidential electors was being decided by the voters in all but two states, and public opinion was becoming more important than ever before. Jackson’s supporters established pro-Jackson newspapers and helped to distribute information and election material. Both sides organized rallies, parades, and other public events to promote their chosen candidate. -
Indian Removal act
This legislation allowed Jackson to mediate removal treaties with the various groups.If accepted by each respective Indian nation, the treaty allowed for their safe removal across the Mississippi River and on to federally protected lands. If Native Americans chose not to sign the treaties, they were forced to become American citizens within their respective state. The overall goal of the Act in 1830 was to dispose of the remaining Indian nations in the South and make way for expansion. -
Bank War
Nicholas Biddle asks congress to renew the charter of the 2nd bank of the united states.Jackson vetoes charter renewal and deposits all federal and deposits all federal funds into separate state banks.State banks use federal deposits to issue large amounts of paper money and loans.Theres a widespread fear about the economy and everyone rushes to the banks to get their money.Banks go out of business as the investors have all removed their money.Economic slump causes hardship and effects politics. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
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 was unconstitutional. The federal government was the sole authority to deal with Indian nations. It is considered to have built the foundations of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty in the United States. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832–1837, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. It ensued after South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state.
