Andrew Jackson Research Paper

Andrew Jackson Research paper

Nick Garcia

History Mrs. Burke March 1, 2016

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Andrew Jackson a great leader and a president of the United States. Jackson was born March 15, 1767 somewhere between the North and South Carolinas borders. Jackson got involved in the war at a very early age in his life. He had a hatred for the British for taking his family away from him. As his life went on he became a lawyer. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1796 and to the U.S. Senate in 1797.. In 1801, Jackson was named colonel of the Tennessee militia. Jackson gained publicity all over the U.S. Because of his role in the War of 1812. Jackson won a huge victory for the U.S. which

Jackson's supporters created the Democratic Party. Jacksons wife died after the election in 1829.

As president Andrew Jackson faced the “Tariff of a Abominations” from South Carolina. He denied the right of a state to secede from the union or to nullify federal law. The Nullification Crisis was shut down when the tariff was amended and Jackson threatened to use the military if South Carolina attempted to secede. In anticipation of the 1832 election Charles Garcia3

Clay attempted to reauthorize the Second Bank of the United States four years before the expiration of its charter. In keeping with his platform of economic decentralization, Jackson vetoed the renewal of its charter putting his chances of getting reelected in jeopardy. However, Jackson, by portrayed himself as the defender of the” common man” against bankers. He was able to defeat Clay in the election of 1832. Jackson dismantled the bank by the time its charter expired in 1836. Jackson's struggles with Congress were because of his personal rivalry with the leader of congress Charles Clay. Jackson's presidency marked the beginning of the "spoils system" in politics. Perhaps Jacksons mostly known for having signed the Indian Removal Act which removed a large amount of Native

His parents Scottish and Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson. When they immigrated to America in 1765 they landed in Philadelphia. They would have traveled to the border between North and South Carolina and start life there. Unfortunately Jacksons father died just three weeks before he was born. Jackson received an education as he grew up.At the age 13 Jackson helped the local militia as a courier during the revolutionary war. Jackson was lashed in the face by a British officer for refusing to clean the officers boots. Jackson lost his mother Elizabeth when she died of disease in 1781. He became an orphan at the age of 14 and blamed the British for the deaths of his brothers and mother. In 1781, he worked as a saddle-maker then later taught and studied law in Salisbury, North