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Jackson's Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 he was born in Waxhaws border region between The Carolinas. Jackson’s parents were scots-irish colonists, Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson who had emigrated from Ireland two years earlier. -
Jackson enlist in revolutionary army
At Age 13 Jackson enlisted in a local militia as a courier, his older brother Hugh died from heat exhaustion during a battle. Jackson and his brother, Robert, were captured by the British and held as prisoners , were nearly starved to death, and slashed by swords. While imprisoned they contracted smallpox. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Jackson defeated the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, U.S forces and their allies killed 800 Red Stick warriors in this battle, but Jackson spared the Chief Red Eagle. -
Battle of New Orleans
In the Battle of New Orleans Jackson’s 5,000 soldiers won a decisive victory over 7,500 British. At the end of the battle the British has 2,037 casualties, 291 dead, 1,262 wounded , and 484 captured or missing. The Americans however, had 71 casualties, 13 dead, 39 wounded, and 19 missing. -
Election of 1824
The Tennessee Legislature nominated Jackson for president in 1822, and also Elected him for U.S. Senator again. By 1824 the Democratic-Republican party had become the only functioning national party. -
Election of 1828
Jackson resigned from the senate in October, 1825, but continued his quest for presidency. Tennessee Legislature again nominated Jackson for president. Jackson attracted Vice Pres. John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren and Thomas Ritchie into his camp. This election is what started the parties Democratic and Republican. -
Indian Removal Act
-This act is perhaps the most controversial aspect of Jackson’s presidency was his policy regarding the Native Americans which most historians see as amounting to the ethnic cleansing of several indian tribes. Jackson was the leader of a policy known as Indian Removal. Jackson had been negotiating treaties and removal policies with indian leaders for years before his election as president. -
Worcester v. Ga.
President Jackson‘s response to this case was “John Marshall had made his decision now let him enforce it!” This comes from Jackson’s consideration on the case in a letter to John Coffee “...The decision of the Supreme Court has fell still born, and they find that they cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate. “That is the court's opinion because it had no power to enforce its edict. -
Nullification crisis
Another noticeable crisis during Jackson’s presidency was the Nullification crisis or Secession crisis of 1828-1832 which merged issues of sectional strife with disagreements over tariffs. Critics said that the tariff of abominations on imports of common manufactured goods made in Europe made those goods more expensive than ones from the northern U.S. -
Bank War
The Bank war refers to the political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the U.S. during the Andrew Jackson administration. Anti-Second Bank of the U.S. Jacksonian Democrats were mobilized in opposition to the national banks reauthorization on the terms that the institution conferred economic privileges on financial elites, violating republican principles of social equality.
