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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in Waxhaws, Carolina to a Scotch-Irish family. He was born in the decade before the American Revolutionary War.
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At age 13, Jackson joined the Continental Army as a Courier with his brother Robert. In 1781, they were taken prisoner for a few weeks, contracted smallpox, and Robert later died from the disease.
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This war was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory. Andrew Jackson commanded US and Indian allies to defeat the Red Sticks, a Creek Indian tribe.
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American soldiers, led by Major General Andrew Jackson, held back a much larger British army from taking over New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson got the most electoral votes, 99, but he had to have 130 to win a majority. In the end, John Quincy Adams won the election, but was beaten by Jackson when running for his second term.
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During this election, Andrew Jackson defeated National Republican John Quincy Adams to become president in 1828.
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Georgia passed a state law that any white person living among Indians without a license from the governor would be sent to prison for four years. Samuel Worcester was arrested, but he later sued and won.
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Because of the problems in Georgia, and with his hatred of Native Americans, Jackson asked Congress to pass a law removing Indians west of the Mississippi by military force.
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In 1832, South Carolina nullified the tariff acts, and thought they were unconstitutional. Jackson was furious, and proved that he would use force to preserve the Union. Henry Clay later proposed a compromise that ended the crisis without any violence.
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Andrew Jackson felt that the national bank gave too much power to the President of the Bank, and thought it was unethical and corrupt. The Bank War was named by Jackson in 1833 to destroy the 2nd bank of the US.
