History Timeline

  • Jacksons birth

    Jacksons birth

    Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 in Waxhaws.
  • Jackson enlists in the revolutionary army.

    Jackson enlists in the revolutionary army.

    Andrew and his brother fought with American irregulars and was eventually the last one standing in his family.
  • Battle of Horeshoe bend revolutionary army

    Battle of Horeshoe bend revolutionary army

    The upper creeks succsesfully defeated the red sticks at the garrison of fort mims.
  • Batte of New Orleans

    Batte of New Orleans

    Jacksons mighty 4,500 troops with expert marksman held their ground against te 7,500 british troops led by Sir Edward Parkenham.
  • Election of 1824

    Election of 1824

    When the votes were counted jackson had the most, but not enough to win. Henry clay another canidate who at that time was speaker of the house had dropped out to give jackson his votes(not officially).
  • Election of 1828

    Election of 1828

    It was the 11th quadrennial presidential election. A "rematch" between Jackson and Adams.
  • Bank War

    Bank War

    political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States.
  • Indian removal act

    Indian removal act

    The law allowed the president to talk with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands.
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis

    Suspension of a federalo law by a state.
  • Worchester vs Georgia

    Worchester vs Georgia

    a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.