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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15th, 1767 in Waxhaws which is in the middle of South Carolina and North Carolina. His parents were Elizabeth and Theodore Jackson. He had two brothers, Hugh and Robert Jackson.
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Jackson joined the army at age 13. With his brother Robert Jackson, who later died.
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American troups under General Jackson defeated a smaller force of Upper Creek American warriors. It was also the final battle of the Creek War which was part of the War of 1812.
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The battle of New Orleans was placed after the Treaty of Ghent when British troups in the gulf coast didn't know to hault back the attack. Jackson hurried over to New Orleans with his 4,500 soldiers and killed 2,000 soldiers on the British side while only eight were killed on the U.S. side. That was also the last armed engagement with the United States and Britan.
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Jackson lost to Adams in the elction of 1824. Altough he had the most electoral votes with 99, he needed to have 130 to win a majority.
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This was the election where Andrew Jackson became president with a 95 electoral vote diffrence.
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This was when Jackson passed a law to remove the southern Indian tibes to gain more wealth, population, and land.
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The case that allowed Indians to stay in georgia was Worcester vs. Georgia
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This was when South Carolina nullified the protective tariff that Anrdew Jackson put and threatened to secede the United States if the tariff wasn't taken away.
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Andrew Jackson thought that the bank that Alexander Hamilton created was too powerfull. He then proceded to "kill" the bank.
