Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 and served 2 terms of presidency. Andrew Jackson is one of a kind. Many would say he served as president like none other. Jackson was very democratic and it was shown in his actions. Jackson tried all methods to amplify the peoples voices because he believed that democracy was when officials listened to the people and took in their ideas. Jackson served with a very democratic view, which allowed him to gain many supporters that stayed with him from the beginning. Flowing into the topic of Jackson being a unique president. Jackson was a major key in winning the War of 1812 and he was one of the only presidents to fight in multiple battles before becoming president. Many people wanted Jackson for election …show more content…
Another example supporting how democratic Jackson was is, “By persuasion and force they (Native Americans) have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain, until some of the tribes have become extinct” (Document 8). This might have seemed bad for the Indians, but at that time Jackson and many other men around that time didn’t include Native Americans in the people they wanted to protect and give a voice to. They only thought about the white settlers, Jackson wanted the Indians to move out of the good land and go over to the land nobody else wanted so the White settlers could occupy that land. Many white settlers wanted more land so they could make bigger farms to grow more cash crops like cotton so they could thrive in the newly upcoming economy. Andrew Jackson was a very intelligent man who conveyed ideas about changing things for his democratic views which were aligned alongside the people’s views. A quote from the notes states, “Jackson questioned the legality of the bank and believed it was an unconstitutional extension of the power of