LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON

  • Andrew Jackson was born in 1767

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  • The british took the young andrew jackson prisoner.

  • he married Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson

  • 1796: Jackson was elected as a delegate to the Tennessee constitutional convention

  • Jackson joined a convention charged with drafting the new Tennessee state constitution and became the first man to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee.

  • Andrew Jackson adopted a child, his wifes nephew, and named him Andrew Jackson Jr.

  • A major general in the War of 1812

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  • In October 1813, after the Creek Indian uprising, Jackson led a 2,500 strong Tennessee force against the Creeks, defeating a force of 1,000 Indians.

  • Andrew jackson did not go to colledge

  • In the Battle of New Orleans, Jackson's 5,000 soldiers won a decisive victory over 7,500 British.

  • The Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson

  • the Legion was formally recognized as part of the country's fighting forces on.

  • He died