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Jackson’s Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region between North Carolina and South Carolina. A lawyer and a landowner, he became a national war hero after defeating the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828. Known as the "people's president," Jackson destroyed the National Bank, founded the Democratic Party and is known for his support of individual liberty. He died on June 8, 1845. -
Jackson enlists in Revolutionary Army
Jackson joined the army at age 13. With his brother Robert Jackson, who later died. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, as the events of March 27 became known, illustrated three long running conflicts in American history. It was yet another fight between European Americans and American Indians, in this case the decisive battle in the Creek War 1813-1814. That day and those leading up to it also provided an example of tensions among American Indians, even those in the same tribe. -
Battle of New Orleans
This battle was the final major battle of 1812, this battle was lead by future president Andrew Jackson -
Election of 1824
Henry Clay the speaker of the House of Representatives now held a decisive position. As a presidential candidate himself in 1824 (he finished fourth in the electoral college), Clay had led some of the strongest attacks against Jackson. Rather than see the nation's top office go to a man he detested, the Kentuckian Clay forged an Ohio Valley New England that secured the White House for John Quincy Adams. In return Adams named Clay as his secretary of state. -
election of 1828
The election of 1828 was significant with a profound change with the election of a man widely viewed as a champion of the common people. But that year's campaigning was also known for the intense personal attacks widely employed by the supporters of both candidates. -
Indian Removal Act
At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. By the end of the decade, very few natives remained anywhere in the southeastern United States. Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians and, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles -
Worcester v. Georgia
In the 1820s threw 1830s Georgia conducted a relentless campaign to remove the Cherokees, who held territory within the borders of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee at the time. In 1827 the Cherokees established a constitutional government. The Cherokees were not only restructuring their government but also declaring to the American public that they were a sovereign nation that could not be removed without their decision. -
Nullification Crisis
The Jacksonians expected a backlash from their somewhat outrageous tariff proposal, which was exactly their purpose. They hoped to push this tariff through to embarrass Adams and his administration and to assist Jackson in getting elected in 1828. -
Bank War
On this day in 1833, President Andrew Jackson announces that the government will no longer use the Second Bank of the United States, the country's national bank. He then used his executive power to remove all federal funds from the bank, in the final salvo of what is referred to as the Bank War.
