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Jackson's Birth
Born March 15, 1767 to Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson in Waxhaws, a Scotch-Irish settlement for immigrants. His father died before his birth so he lived with his mother and brothers. For education he attended local school and did well learning higher level material. At age 13 he joined the Militia and after the deaths of his mother and brothers, he was orphaned at 14. -
Jackson enlists in the Revolutionary Army
During the Revolutionary War, Jackson joined the army at age 13 with his brother, Robert Jackson, who died from heat exhaustion at the Battle of Stono Ferry. Jackson was captured by the British and was slashed by a sword when he refused to clean a British officer’s boots. He was the last president to fight in the American Revolution. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was the final major battle of the War of 1812. General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army who planned on seizing New Orleans. Even though this battle was not needed, Jackson's overwhelming victory raised national pride, which had suffered a lot of setbacks during the War of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans was also the last armed engagement between the United States and Britain. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
In the early 1800s, the Indians of present-day Georgia and Alabama were troubled by the continuing invasion of white settlers onto their lands. In 1811, the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh visited the southern tribes and tried to form a confederation to end the decrease of Indian Tribes. He won many supporters. When war started in 1812, there were lots of invasions against frontier farms and settlements. This caused lots of crisis in August 1813. Fort Mims, a small outpost, was overrun. Warriors i -
Election of 1824
The candiddates Andrew Jackson, a democrat, John Quincy Adams, a whig, Henry Clay, a whig, and William Crawford, a democrat. This eletion of was known for being the only time a president had been elected by the House of Representatives and not a majority electoral vote. The election was a close tie until Henry Clay started to convince the house to vote for Adams. Jackson became furious and decided Adams and Clay had a secret deal, if Clay helped Adam win he'd make Clay Secretary of State. -
Election of 1828
The election of 1824 is known as one of the “dirtiest” campaigns in history. The candidates of this election were John Quincy Adams vs Andrew Jackson. The main reason this campaign was so heated was because these two competitors were completely different. They disagreed on all of each others ideas. These two opponents had already faced each other before in the election of 1824, which had to be decided by the House of Representatives. The influences of the speaker led to the victory of John Adam -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. This gave him the ability to exchange lands from west Mississippi for Indian lands. chief Osceola and his tribe set conflicts with the U.S. Government known as the Seminole Wars. Other Indians were very upset by this and called their journey the Trail of Tears because of the difficult conditions. -
Worcester vs Georgia
The laws prevented non-Indians from living in Indian territories. Only Non-Native Americans with special permission from the government were allowed to live on these lands. The case started when Sam Worcester and his family refused to move from a land that was an “Indian territory.” Worcester appealed his charges and took his case to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court realized the state had violated the 14th amendment. -
Nullificaion Crisis
The crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson involved the United States government wanting to enforce tariffs and South Carolina wanting the authority to nullify laws. All goods had the tariffs increased. With this compromise nobody was satisfied. A feud began, and in 1820 a bill was passed by the House in favor of an openly protective system. South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States and Jackson decided to turn to Clay. Henry then lowered the tariffs. -
Bank War
The Bank War was the name given to the campaign by Andrew Jackson to destroy the Second Bank of the United States. The Second Bank had been established in 1816, since the First Bank of the United States was a success. In 1832, Jackson had vetoed a bill that called for an early renewal of the Second Bank's charter, but renewal was still possible when the charter expired in 1836. To prevent that from happening, he set out to reduce the bank's economic power. After replacing two secretaries of the
