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He was born in a settlement in the Carolinas
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Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the US. Here are 10 events that happened during his life.
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Jackson enlisted in the Continental Army at age 13. He took 2 bullets during the war and still survived.
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Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, ending the Creek War.
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General Andrew Jackson defeated a British Army from seizing New Orleans and all of the Lousiana territory.
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John Quincy Adams won, Jackson was upset because he won the popular vote, and Adams got help from Henry Clay, Jackson called this the Corrupt Bargain
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Jackson won by a landslide, doubling the votes of Adams
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South Carolina declared the tariff of 1828 illegal by passing the Nullification Act. Jackson solved it by letting Henry Clay lower the tax, but it gave the government more military power
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Removed all Indians from the Eastern United States
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Georgia tried to make the Native Americans leave. Worcester tried to sue Georgia, the Supreme Court sided with Georgia to make the Indians leave.
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Jackson disliked the National Bank, so he decided to kill it!
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Andrew Jackson dies of heart failure in his house, The Hermitage.
