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On March 15,1767,at Waxhaws,South Carolina, Andrew Jackson was born to soon become a national war hero and the president of the US.
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In 1814,at the Mississippi territory or what is now Alabama, Andrew Jackson and his troops won the battle of horseshoe bend against the Indians making him a hero for making a significant victory against the British forces.
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In 1815,Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans against the British,which caused him to become a national hero because of the decisive war victory America gained.
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In 1824,Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams ran for president in the election of 1824 which resulted in Adams becoming president but having a miserable political career because of the corrupt bargain which was a political scandal stating that Adams had struck a deal with Henry Clay to become president.
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In 1828,Andrew Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams and became the president of the U.S. which led to the Age of Jackson because of this new and changing presidency and the formation of the democratic party .
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In 1830,Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act,which allowed the federal government to pay the natives to move west.
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In 1828,congress passed a higher tariff,making European goods more expensive, causing a crisis and uproar in the south about their right to nullify it which resulted in congress passing a lower tariff bill and the force bill which allowed Jackson to use military force to enforce the law.
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In 1832,the Cherokee sued the state of Georgia in the supreme court case Worchester v. Georgia which resulted in John Marshall stating that the Cherokee had a right to stay because of the 1790's treaties they made which caused Jackson to respond that Marshall had made his decision and should enforce it.
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In 1832,Jackson vetoed the renewal of the national bank charter,declaring war on the bank,and decided to kill the bank by placing all government deposits into state banks because the national bank was unconstitutional .
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In 1838,the US sent the Cherokee Indians West to Oklahoma on what is known as the Trail of Tears,which led to the death of one fourth of the Cherokee tribe by the end of the journey due to hunder,illness,and extreme weather exposure.
