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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region between North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Andrew Jackson enlisted into the Continental Army at age twelve and served as a courier in the Revolutionary War.
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United States forces and Indian allies under Major General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who disagreed with American expansion, effectively ended the Creek War.
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At the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and American forces that ended in an American victory.
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No clear winner won the election of 1824. Jackson won the popular vote, but no candidate won a majority of the electoral votes.
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Andrew Jackson won the election easily. His supporters cheered the outcome as a victory for common people.
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The Indian Removal Act gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi.
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After his reelection, Jackson announced that the Government would no longer deposit Federal funds with the Bank and would place them in state banks.
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Sam Worcester claimed that his family’s forced removal was a violation of his constitutional rights. He believed the state of Georgia over-stepped their boundaries, because they did not maintain jurisdiction to enforce the law within the Native land.
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Anger against the tarrif increased in the south. Congress passed the new tarrif in 1832 but South Carolina didn't agree and passed the nullification act. Henry Clay created a new tarrif that made the president and South Carolina happy.
