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Jacksons Birth
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, in the Waxhaws region. -
Jackson Enlists In Revolutionary Army
When Andrew Jackson was thirteen he joined the Continental Army as a courier. -
Battle Of Horseshoe Bend
This battle was another fight between European Americans and American Indians. General Andrew Jackson led troops, including 2,600 American soldiers, 500 Cherokee, and 100 Lower Creek allies up a steep hill near Tehopeka. By the end, the Creek Nation was forced to cede 23 million acres. -
Battle Of New Orleans
This battle started on January 8, 1815, and ended on January 18, 1815. This was the final major and most one-sided battle of the War of 1812. -
Election of 1824
This election was held from Tuesday, October 26, to Thursday, December 2, 1824. This was the tenth quadrennial presidential election. -
Nullification Crisis
In 1828, Jackson made the Tariff of 1828, which would raise tariffs significantly on manufactured items such as wool and textiles, and this outraged the Southerners, and South Carolina threatened to secede. Jackson was forced to lower the taxes. -
Election of 1828
This was the 11th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. -
Indian Removal Act
This law allowed the president to speak with the Indians, and make them move West of the Mississippi River. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
This was a Supreme Court Case in which Samuel Worcester argued about his rights, and how his family's forced removal from Georgia went against them. -
Bank War
"The Bank War" was the name that was given to the campaign that President Andrew Jackson had createn to destroy the second bank of the United States.
