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Born on March 15,1767 in a place between North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Gained the name “Old Hickory” for being as tough as old hickory on the battle field. Joined the continental army when twelve. He rushed battle plans and important packages. He was soon captured by the british army. Had to work for one of the strongest british generals.He refused to shine his boots and earned a scar across his face and hands.Was soon released in a prisoner exchange.
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The battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought on March 27, 1814 during the war of 1812. At this battle Jackson defeated a tribe of Indians led by Tecumseh which ended the Creek War.
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The battle of New Orleans started on December 1814 and ended January 1815. Because of the American victory the British were forced to ratify the treaty of Ghent which ultimately ended the war.
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Was a presidential election between the Whigs and the Democrats. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but no one won the electoral college vote because there were so many candidates. It was decided in the house of representatives. John Quincy Adams was elected president in 1825.
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In the election of 1828 Andrew Jacson Won by a landslide.
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In May 26, 1830 The Indian Removal Act was an act approved by President Andrew Jackson which caused the Indians to be moved to their homelands in Georgia and west of the Mississippi River.
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In court case of Worcester v.Georgia,the supreme court declared that a cherokee indian constituted a national holding distinct sovereign powers. Even though the decisions became the foundation for the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century,it failed to protect the Cherokees from being removed from ancestral land.
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The Nullification crisis in December 19,1828 was when Jackson adopted the Ordinance of Nullification because of a issue with a protective tariff in South Carolina. The tariff was hurting southern planters so it was removed.
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Was the name given to the campaign begun by president Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the second bank of U.S. His reelection convinced him that his opposition had won against the war.
