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American Battlefield Trust

Library of Congress

Brittanica

Discovery Education chapter 7

Short Bio

Alternate Textbook info on Andrew Jackson

National Constitution Center

Jackson's 1st Inaugural Address

Smithsonian

History.com 10 Things You May Not Know

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Andrew Jackson was born on the border of North and South Carolina in 1767. Though a young boy during the Revolution, he acted as a courier and witnessed the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill as a British prisoner of war. While in captivity Jackson suffered greatly, nearly starving, contracting smallpox, and being slashed by a British officer for refusing to clean his boots. His older brother died of heatstroke at the Battle of Stono Ferry, his younger brother after his release from British activity from smallpox in British and his mother died of cholera after nursing American prisoners in Charleston Harbor. By age 14, Jackson was an orphan, with a thorough hatred for the British. After the Revolution, he began a legal and political career in Tennessee, serving in the House once Tennessee became a state. He returned to military service as a Major General Tennessee Militia during the Creek War, part of the War of 1812, commanding at the Battles of Talladega, Emuckfaw (Enotachopo Creek), and Horseshoe Bend, accepting the Creek surrender in August of 1814. Following this, he assumed command of New Orleans with the rank of General. At the Battle of New Orleans in January of 1815, he soundly defeated the British. After the War of 1812, Jackson served in the First Seminole War, invading Spanish Florida and forcing a peace treaty. Because of his national recognition and military record, he was nominated for the Presidency in 1822 and elected Senator again in 1824. Jackson won the hotly contested election of 1828, defeating John Quincy Adams, to become the 7th President of the United States, serving two terms until 1837. After his Presidency, Jackson returned to his plantation, Hermitage, dying in 1845.

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Andrew Jackson was born on the border of North and South Carolina in 1767. Though a young boy during the Revolution, he acted as a courier and witnessed the...

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He vetoed the national bank

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Andrew Jackson was a US president.

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He encouraged more people to vote

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He enacted the Indian Removal Act.

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Andrew Jackson served two terms and was the seventh president.

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Andrew Jackson was known as a "Common Man" for his relatability to ordinary Americans due to his humble origins

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He was a prisoner to the British.

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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 then died June 8, 1845

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Andrew Jackson's father died a few days before he was born. His mother and two brothers died during the American Revolution, making him an orphan.

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He was the second non-founding father president

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Andrew Jackson grew up in the Carolinas. He enlisted in the militia at 13 but then got captured by the British, put in jail and treated harshly.

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He invaded Florida.

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He was the target for the first attempted presidential assassination.

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When Jackson was 16, all his family and money was gone.

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Andrew Jackson was a gambler.

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He was born on the western frontier of the Carolinas

He was the 7th president

In 1802 he was appointed as major general of the Tennessee militia

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He removed 70 treaty's.

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What was Andrew Jackson's favorite food? Unfortunately, there is no evidence that he liked raw meat.

His favorite food was: green beans cooked with bacon

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Andrew Jackson with a disgusted face with his tounge sticking out with a plate of raw meat

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Andrew Jackson and his son, Andrew Jackson

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Jackson married Rachel Donelson Robards in 1791. They later adopted Robards's nephew and named him Andrew Jackson Jr.

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two copies of andrew Jackson, one shorter than the other, sharing a baguette

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Gained new lands for America

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Andrew Jackson disobeyed the Supreme Court's decision in the case about removing Native Americans.

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man with prominent cheekbones, wrinkles, and wispy white hair glaring and crossing arms in suit

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He was a general before he was president

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In one duel, Jackson’s opponent fired first and hit him in the chest. The shot broke some of Jackson’s ribs. Without flinching, Jackson took careful aim and shot his opponent dead.

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Paid off the National Debt

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Both North and South Carolina claim to be Andrew Jackson's birthplace.

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Andrew Jackson is most notably known for his military victory at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812

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Andrew Jackson was the youngest boy during the revolutionary war and he was the seventh president.

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Strengthened the relationships with foreign countries

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Andrew Jackson was known as the "Common Man," because of his less fortunate upbringing that most American families could relate to.

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farmer chewing straw and watching sunrise in wheat field

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Jackson’s parents emigrated from Ireland

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Jackson’s parents emigrated from Ireland

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Both of Jackson’s parents, Andrew and Elizabeth, were born in Ireland’s Country Antrim (in present-day Northern Ireland), and in 1765 they set sail with their two sons, Hugh and Robert, from the port town of Carrickfergus for America. The Jacksons settled with fellow Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in the Waxhaws region that straddled North and South Carolina.

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He moved 50,000 native Americans.

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He went to school to become a lawyer.

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He laid the framework for democracy

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Both North Carolina and South Carolina claim to be his birthplace

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Both North Carolina and South Carolina claim to be his birthplace

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The Waxhaws wilderness was so remote that the precise border between North and South Carolina had yet to be surveyed.

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Jackson captured nearly 56 percent of the popular vote in winning the presidency in 1828, and he nearly matched that figure four years later in his reelection.

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He increased the size of the Navy.

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Although he signed the Indian Removal Act , Jackson also adopted a pair of Native American infants.

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Andrew Jackson and two native anmerican boys and Raw meat

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Andrew Jackson, despite his Indian Removal Act, had pledged in his inauguration speech that he had "desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, [...] humane and considerate attention to their rights", or in simple terms, that he wished to respect the Native Americans.

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