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Jackson's Birth
Born in 1767, Jackson was born on Waxhaws, the border between South and North Carolina, thus a president was born -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
In 1814, Andrew Jackson and his armies fought in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the creeks, after winning the battle the Creek War was finally over. -
Battle of New Orleans
In 1815, Andrew Jackson fought in the battle of New Orleans where he had won the battle against the British, this officially made Jackson a war hero and maybe a president. -
Election of 1824
In 1824, Jackson won the election of 1824, for the presidency, against John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford, but lost because the House of Representatives had voted for Adams. -
Election of 1828
In 1828, Jackson and Adams had went against each other in the election, like the election of 1824, Andrew had won again which started the Age of Jackson era. -
Indian Removal Act
In 1830, Andrew Jackson had created the Indian Removal Act, which states that the government can pay Native Americans to go westward. -
Worcester v. Ga
In 1832, the Cherokee sued Georgia, the court case Worcester v. Ga, which The Supreme Court ruled that Georgia has no right to meddle with the Cherokee. -
Bank War
In 1832, Jackson had vetoed the reestablishment of the Banks charter declaring war on the bank which he believed that the bank would "kill him", because of his actions it led to the Panic of 1837. The Panic led to a depression where many people lost jobs, houses, and lands. -
Trail of tears
In 1838, the U.S government drove out the Cherokee to the west of Oklahoma, but the journey had killed over 2,000 of the Cherokee and had made the rest of the 13,000+ suffer. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1828, Andrew Jackson and Congress passed a law that raised the national tariff on manufactured goods from Europe , which angered had the south because they traded their cotton to Europe for goods.
