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He was born.
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At the age of 13, Jackson left school to join the revolutionary war.
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Andrew Jackson and his forces won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Horseshoe Bend was the major battle of the Creek War, in which Jackson sought to "clear" the Mississippi Territory for American settlement. He commanded an army of Tennessee militiamen, which he had turned into a well-trained fighting force.
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On January 8, 1815, General Jackson's army decisively defeated the British forces as they tried to capture New Orleans. This took place shortly after the treaty of ghent was signed, ending the war.
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John Q Adams was elected president after he made a deal with the Head of the Representatives.
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The land requirement was cut for this election and it allowed Jackson to win.
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Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
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In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast. (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/worcester-v-georgia-1832)
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A political debate with South Carolina and The Federal government.
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The government wanted to establish a federal bank. Many states objected to this, saying it was unconstitutional.
