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In 1767 Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Jackson had young Andrew Jackson in Waxhaw, South Carolina.
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In 1814, in Dadeville Alabama, Jackson fought in the battle at Horseshoe Bend, he started to gain popularity because he was such a good general.
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In 1815, Andrew Jackson won the battle of New Orleans against the British, which caused people to view Andrew Jackson as a national hero.
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In 1824, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams ran for President in the Election of 1824, which the vote ended in a tie, so Clay agreed to help Jackson then people said that the deal was corrupt.
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In 1828, Andrew Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams and became the president of the U.S, which led to the formation of the Democratic political party and the Age of Jackson.
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In 1828, Congress passed a law raising the national tariff, which made foreign goods more expensive causing Americans to buy U.S products.
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In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forced Indians to move west of the Mississippi River.
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In 1832, the Cherokee sued the state of Georgia in the Supreme Court case Worcester vs. Georgia, which the court ruled that Georgia couldn't force the Indians to leave, but Jackson overruled the court decision.
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in 1832, Jackson vetoed the renewal of the bank's charter declaring war on the bank of the U.S which he thought was trying to kill him. Jackson then decided to kill the bank by refusing to sign the new bank charter, which then caused it to close.
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In 1838, the U.S sent the Cherokee Indians west to Oklahoma on what is known as the Trail of Tears which, caused 4000 Indians to die.
