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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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Jackson joined the patriots when he was 13. He was captured by the British and was slashed by a sword when he refused to clean a British officer’s boots.
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Andrew Jackson and his Indian allies, face a creek Indian tribe.
Jackson first issued a cannon attack, but when that didn’t work, he issued a bayonet charge.
Americans ended up winning this war in the creek! -
Andrew Jackson was waiting for the British to arrive, in New Orleans, an important port city.
While doing so, he got the townspeople to assist in the defense.
Andrew Jackson successfully defended New Orleans and won the war -
Jackson won this election when no candidate won the electoral vote and the House of Representatives had to vote. Jackson called this the Corrupt Bargain
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57% of the population voted.
Andrew Jackson was the only opponent to the unpopular John Quincy Adams.
Jackson won the election by a landslide. -
Many indian tribes wanted to live in peace with their neighbors, but settlers wanted the land to themselves.
Jackson set up land past the Mississippi River for the Native Americans.
Native Americans did not want to move, and sued. -
Conflict of Samuel Worcester that held that the Indian-prohibiting Georgia crime statute that was unconstitutional.
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The government passed a tariff, that was liked by the north, but disliked by farmers in the south.
South Carolina was the state that passed the Nullification Act.
The Nullification act in-validated the tariff for South Carolina. This made many happy or many upset -
Andrew Jackson hated the National Bank System. He thought is was only to benefit the rich and thought It was to strong Therefore, Jackson vetoed the renewal of the Bank.