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Jackson's Birth
He was born on March 15, 1767 in a log cabin and there is much debate about whether he was born in North or South Carolina. -
Andrew Jackson enlists in the Revolutionary Army
Andrew Jackson enlisted in the continental army at 12 years old. He was captured and became a prisoner of War during the Revolution. A British general asked Jackson to spit-shine his shoes and Jackson refused. In return the British soldier slashed Jackson's face leaving him with a bunch of scars. He was released from prison and served the rest of the war. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
General Andrew Jackson leads American forces and Indian allies and defeats the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion. This event ended the creek war. -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson led a group of American forces to defeat the British at the Battle of New Orleans which was fought after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed. -
Election of 1824
Andrew Jackson got the most electoral votes, but to win the election you have to have the majority of the votes and because there were so many candidates, no one won and the decision of who would become president was in the hands of the House of the Representatives. Henry Clay convinced these people to vote for John Quincy Adams, leading Jackson to believe that Adams and Clay had a "corrupt bargain." -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson is the only that runs against John Quincy Adams and wins against him with 178 electoral votes. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was a federal law signed by Andrew Jackson that offered Indians land east of the MIssissppi River in exchange for their lands in the west. Most tribes relocated peacefully, but the Cherokees and the Seminoles fought back. Nearly 100,000 American Indians were relocated and others died during the journey to those lands. -
Worchester v.s. Georgia
Sam Worchester and his family refused to move from the Indian Land or get a license that would allow them to live on the land. He took his case to the Supreme Court where Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in favor of Worchester saying that Georgia violated the 14th amendment and Georgia didn't have the power to enforce a law within lands that were not in the state. -
Bank War
The Bank was created by Alexander Hamiltion. The purpose of the bank was to regulate economic policies and Jackson didn't like this bank because he believed that the bank was too powerful. Jackson vetoed the Bank when its charter was up for renenwal. -
Nullification Crisis
Andrew Jackson created the Tariff of 1828 which was a protective tariff that hurt the southern planters. South Carolina declared the tariff illegal by passing the Nullification Act and threating to secede from the union. Henry Clay ended up solving this conflict by coming up with a compromise. The compromise lowered the tariff but gave the president more power to use force if a state threatened to secede.
