How Is Andrew Jackson A King Like Tyrant

Andrew Jackson: hero of the Common Man or King-Like Tyrant? Andrew Jackson once said, “peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.” Andrew Jackson was as self

Educated, self-made man who joined the American Revolution at age 13 as a messenger. Some years later, he was elected major general of the Tennessee militia and in 1812, he became a major general in the U.S. Armed Forces. Jackson came home from the war of 1812 as a hero, mostly for defeating the British at the battle of New Orleans. Ten years later after the end of the war, Jackson ran for office as president. As president, some people thought that Jackson was a hero of the common man who would help the country, and others thought that he was a king-like tyrant, who abused his powers and used them only for himself. I think Jackson was a like a king-like tyrant because he ignored supreme court rulings, vetoed many bills, and he removed Native Americans from the South.

One supreme court ruling that Jackson ignored was the case Worcester v. Georgia, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the federal government had authority. “Georgia...ignored the Court’s ruling, and President Jackson took no action to make Georgia follow the ruling. “John Marshall had made his decision; now let him enforce it,” Jackson supposedly said” (Bernstein & Shek 296). By ignoring and not enforcing the Supreme Court’s decision, Jackson violated his oath to uphold the laws of the land. The people did not even protest Jackson’s