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Andrew Jackson: Was he more of a hero of the common man or a king-like tyrant? Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. He fought in the American Revolution as a teenager and was a war hero during the war of 1812. Andrew Jackson was a tyrant like a king because he vetoed greater than any other president so far, he led to the Panic of 1837 and was responsible for Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson’s letter to the Seminoles on February 16, 1835, is one example that proves he is a tyrant. Seminoles are an Indian tribe that was also forced to leave by a military force sent by Andrew Jackson. In Andrew Jackson’s letter to the Seminoles, it states that “you will be persisted, punished, perhaps killed… I have ordered a large military force to be sent among you… This will be done”(source #5) This proves that he is a tyrant because he sent a large military force to remove the Seminoles. Jackson also threatened to kill them. He also said “...you have no right to …show more content…

He wanted to move all the Native Americans for open land for settlement. “This emigration should be voluntary, for it would be as cruel as unjust to compel the aborigines to abandon the graves of their fathers and seek a home in a distant land.”(Andrew Jackson’s message to Congress about Indian Removal, Source #7) Some may say that Andrew Jackson is a hero for opening land for settlement. Although Cherokees were recognized as an independent nation by the national government, Jackson ignored ruling and supported Georgia. The Cherokees sued Georgia, the case known as Worcester v Georgia. In 1835, only a few Cherokee moved. General Winfield Scott and the army were sent to remove the Cherokee by force. The army guided the Cherokees to Oklahoma. Many died of old age, weather, and sickness. They died along the 800 mile forced march known as the Trail of

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