Andrew Jackson
"Two years before Andrew Jackson's birth, the Jacksons and their first two sons made the crossing from Ireland and settled in the Carolinas. While clearing land one day in 1767, there was an accident, and his father was killed. A few days later, on March 15, Andrew was born and named after his father,"(1, 2) "The American colonies, unhappy with British economic exploitation, high taxes, and interference in their internal affairs, were fighting to overthrow the King's rule," (1, 2)."The war reached the Jackson family quickly and completely. Andrew's oldest brother was killed in a battle in 1779. Jackson's mother became a nurse to American soldiers, and thirteen-year-old Andrew and a brother three years his senior joined the army. An exceptional horseman, Andrew was made a messenger. He impressed his commander so much that the man gave the boy a pistol. In April 1781 both boys were captured by British troops. One English officer ordered Andrew to clean his boots. The boy, already known for his fiery temper, refused, and the officer pulled his sword and smashed it into the face of the boy. The blade left on Andrew's forehead a long, nasty gash that, like his hatred for the British, never completely went away." (1,
"President Jackson pushed through Congress the hotly debated Indian Removal Act. "On the night of December 23, an American warship crept near the shore outside New Orleans where the British were camped and blasted it with gunfire. org/Ko Train/Courses/AJA/AJA_in_brief. Presidency "Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as the seventh President of the United States on March 4, 1829," (2, 108). "Jackson spent the last eight years of his life at the Hermitage. Though I found much information interesting during my research, not much can be said in short about his second term. The forced march-over 800 miles-was a tragedy for Native American culture and came to be known as the "Trail of Tears ". One in every four Native Americans died along the way," (1, 4). After Presidency "The White House years had sapped what was left of Jackson's health and fortune. Rachel ran the household-always swarming with visitors because everyone was welcome-and oversaw its twenty slaves. Like her husband she was generous to friend and stranger alike; everyone called her Aunt Rachel. Andrew Jackson died on June 8, 1845, On his deathbed he said, "My dear children, and friends, and servants, I hope and trust to meet you all in Heaven, both white and black-both white and black," (3, 6).
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