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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in1814. 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
The Battle of New Orleans on January 8,1815, American forces commanded by General Jackson, decisively defeated the British forces as they tried to capture New Orleans. The battle, which took place after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed, effectively ended the war in January 18, 1815. -
Rachel Donelson Jackson Dies
Rachel died on December 22, 1828, by a heart attack, given symptoms, "excruciating pain in the left shoulder, arm, and breast." Rachel D. Jackson died after Andrew Jackson became the 7th President of the United states of America. -
Inauguration of President Jackson
It was one of the foulest presidential campaigns in American history. The race for the White House in 1828 pitted incumbent John Quincy Adams against Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans, This was the second time that Jackson and Adams had face one another for the presidency. -
Jefferson Day Dinner
Jefferson-Jackson Day is the annual fundraising celebration (dinner) held by Democratic Party organizations in the U.S. It is named for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson; the Party say they are its founders. During presidential election campaigns, key dinners are important venues for candidates to attend. -
Jackson Signs Indian Removal Act
After demanding both political and military action on removing Native American Indians from the southern states of America in 1829, President Andrew Jackson signed this into law on May 28, 1830 Although it only gave the right to negotiate for their withdrawal from areas to the east of the Mississippi river and that relocation was supposed to he voluntary, all of the pressure was there to make this all inevitable. All the tribal leader agreed after Jackson's landslide election victory in 1832. -
Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
In this veto message, President Jackson passionately rejects a bill from the Bank of the United States. He argues that the Bank gives privilege and unfair advantage to a wealthy few at the expense of the public, and he opposes foreign ownership of Bank stock. The President claims the same right to interpret the Constitution as Congress and the Supreme court when he questions the constitutionality of the Bank. -
Jackson Issues Nullification Proclamation
President Andrew Jackson issued a proclamation to the people of South Carolina that disputed a states' right to nullify a federal law. ... The Compromise Tariff of 1833 was eventually accepted by South Carolina and ended the nullification crisis. -
Congress Passes the Force Bill
The force bill, passed in response to South Carolina's ordinance of nullification, empowered President Jackson to use the army and navy, if necessary, to enforce the laws of Congress, specifically the tariff measures to which South Carolina had objected so violently. -
Start of the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.
