Andrew Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767 to parents Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson. Andrew Jackson’s father died while his mother was pregnant with him. Therefore Andrew had never seen or met his father. While in school as a boy, Andrew Jackson was known for furious horseback riding, swearing and fighting. He would defiantly push his mother’s patience to the limit. Soon the war would force the Jackson family from the advancing British troops and their allies. Andrew and his two older brothers became soldiers. Soon after one brother would die in the war. In 1781, the British captured Andrew and his last surviving brother Robert. An officer ordered Andrew to clean his boots. He refused, so the officer got angry …show more content…
He then pulled the trigger a second time, it fires. Hitting Dickinson in the stomach and down to the ground Dickinson went. Jackson walks away calmly with blood flowing from his chest gunshot wound. Dickinson died later on that very day. Jackson never had the bullet removed from his chest, it was lodged next to his heart for the remainder of his life. Andrew Jackson believed that women were weak and that men as the stronger sex, were morally obligated to protect them. Even though he knew he would be marked as a murderer, he felt vindication of his killing in defending his wife. In January of 1815, Jackson led regular army men, militia, pirates, and frre blacks to defeat an army of British regulars at New Orleans, a great victory! This made him a hero of America’s ability to stand up to the British. War had given Andrew Jackson the status and personal satisfaction for which he had been yerning for. Andrew Jackson was the nation’s leading general. After the war Jackson returned to Tennessee. In Tennessee it was clear he was no longer known as a murderer, but a hero. Jackson negotiated many successful treaties with the southern Indians and then he was …show more content…
In July of 1822, the Tennessee legislative nominated him for the presidency of the United States. In November 1824 election Jackson won the popular vote over John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford. But since he did not gain the majority in the Electoral College, the election had to be determined in the House of Representatives. On January 9, 1825, the house chose Adams to be the next President of the United States. The fact that Jackson had won the popular vote for president, he felt that he and the people had been cheated. All during his life, Andrew Jackson saw conspiracy and corruption in anything or anyone who stood in his way. He was more determined than ever to defeat the corruption that had cost him his defeat in the election of 1824. In 1825, Jackson was nominated again for the presidency. The 1828 election campaign was one of the dirtiest in American history. Andrew Jackson’s opponents during this election brought attacked him with his past. They brought up his alleged murders of twelve men in duels, executions, and various other war and peacetime activities. They even went as far as to label his mother a British prostitute who had married a
Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini is a book, anyone ought to read if one needs to know about Andrew Jackson. While the book is forty-six years old, the 212 page book contains all that you have to know about the seventh President of the United States, from his time as a tyke to his ascent to notoriety as a hero in the Battle of New Orleans and to his retirement as President. Firstly, in 1765, Andrew his father who he was named after, Elizabeth his mother who was pregnant with him at the time and his two older brothers Hugh and Robert immigrated to America. “On arrival, the family headed straight for the Waxhaws”(Pg 15).
Andrew Jackson went against John Quincy Adams again in 1828 and beat him in the campaign which made him the 7th president of the United States of America. Jackson also beat Henry Clay with ease in 1832
Andrew Jackson was one of the most important person in the American history. He had helped to develop political and administrative systems before he held the important position of the country. He was served as a representative of the new state of Tennessee to Congress in 1796. He became a military hero of the War of 1812, and his given nickname during this war was Old Hickory. In 1815, he was the head of a multiracial band of troop at the Battle of New Orleans.
He gained national fame after winning the Battle of New Orleans. Later on in his life Jackson earned the nickname "Old Hickory” because he was a good solider that possessed both good sense and toughness, but was also ruthless, killing soldiers that deserted their posts and he felt Indians where inferior people. He was a war hero I'm everyones eyes. When he went to run for president in 1824, he lost to John Quincy Adams, but won in 1828 and soon after the whole county could out he had a then-adulterous relationship with his wife Rachel. And this news was allover newspapers, say she was a shameless woman and how can someone like her be in the white house.
To us he's Andrew Jackson the son of Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson. The young angry insecure boy who suffered a life consisting of great tragedy. His soldiers know him as "Old Hickory" expressing strength, toughness, physical, encourage, and perseverance. The biography Andrew Jackson and the search for Vindication by James C. Curtis took place on the frontier of Tennessee, giving account for his turbulent youth, and his rise to power. James C. Curtis wanted to display the life of Andrew Jackson and his career in a fresh manner.
Jackson also fought for our country in The Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Andrew Jackson was a revolutionist, a committed
Jackson also ran for election to the U.S. Senate and won the following year. In1824, a Pennsylvania convention also nominated him for presidency, and although he won the popular vote, there was no majority, and the voting went to the House of Representatives, who voted for John Quincey Adams. Three years before the next election, Jackson was re-nominated for presidency and it was his re-nomination that split the Republic-Democratic party in two. His opponents nicknamed him “jackass”, a nickname that Jackson liked, and later adopted as the symbol of the Democratic Party. Jackson won the election of 1828 by a landslide over Adams, and was the first president to invite the public to attend the inauguration ball at the White House, which quickly gained him the people’s
Andrew Jackson was a very intense and serious person, so when he was confronted with a problem he could handle it no matter how bad, he got down to business. He was also a man who cared about his country and would not accept any sort of treason. One of many problems he had to face was the Indian tribes, many people argue that he disliked the Indians, and many also disagreed. Andrew jackson killed many native americans, but he also had a native american son.
Andrew Jackson lived with his mother and two brothers in California. All throughout his childhood, he was living in poverty and the danger the living in the middle of the Revolutionary War. Jackson and his brothers were often sent through the woods as messengers for the patriots during the war. His childhood filled with war, death, and poverty. The end of the Revolutionary War brought him nothing but the last of his immediate family left dead.
Some of Jackson's major accomplishments were he successfully led the U.S forces in the creek war against the Natives.
His older brother was killed in the War of Independence: at fourteen, Andrew and his brother Robert joined battle in the area, which threatened the British troops, and been captured. At the same time, both brothers suffered serious head injuries, from which Robert had died a few months later. In the spring of 1781, Andrew been released, and a few weeks later his mother died. This is how tragically began Andrew Jacksons’
Andrew Jackson during his time was considered a very patriotic politician he hated the rich, he hated the Indian, and loved the idea of slavery. It has been said that he grew up not educated and had a bad up bring but still managed to get to a high political suture. Jackson at one point was general and had a very decorated portfolio, which made sense he would become president, Andrew was most well know for “The Battle of New Orleans” where Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans nearing the end of that war.
When the year of 1807 came around, the way that America elected a president changed. In previous elections, only the rich men were able to vote which as a result whoever promised more the wealth was elected for president. When the common man was able to vote in 1807, the type of candidate to win the election change. As seen in the election of 1828 the person who was more relatable to the people, won because the common man was able to vote and so they used that opportunity and elected whoever they thought was going to help them. Overall the people preferred Jackson over Adams because Jackson was able to relate to the people better, and because he was a symbol of the American dream.
He showed unifying leadership during the Nullification Crisis and the Tariff laws of 1828 and 1832, he showed a generous approach of governing through the “Kitchen Cabinet” and the “Spoils System”. Lastly, his concern for economic equality was shown through the veto of the Second Bank of the United States Recharter and his concerns for the common men. All of these qualities that Jackson had shown during his presidency are why Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a hero of the common
Jackson also led U.S. forces to victory against the British at the “Battle of New Orleans”. Jackson had only 5,000 soldiers by his side but still defeated the British and their 7,500. The battle actually took place after the war had ended with the Treaty of Ghent being established but the news of the treaty did not reach in time. This victory over the British under such terms propelled Jackson into the status of a War Hero and made him a prominent figure in Washington. Another significant part of Jackson’s military career was his leading of the invasion of Spanish owned Florida.