- Andrew Jackson was born in the Waxhaw, South Carolinian on March 15, 1767. He was born in the American frontier and had a sparse education in "old field" school
- He served in the Revolutionary War was cut on the arm by a Captain after he had defended his brother.
- After the war he served as a prosecutor, judge, congressman, and senator, and was major general in the war of 1812.
- Jackson married Rachel Robards, but the divorce was not yet finalized at the time. This generated controversies that would turn into duels for his wife's honor. Jackson would fight more duels than any other president in American history.
- He defeated the Creek people in New Orleans and evicted them from the land they held
- Jackson made international headlines in 1815 when he evicted the Seminole Indians from Spanish Florida, and he did so in spite of judicial rulings that adamantly refused to allow Jackson to do so. When Jackson heard of this he brought
- Lastly he served as territorial governor and later senator for Tennessee
- In the 1824 Presidential Race he had the popular and electoral vote, but lost the House vote because of Speaker Henry Clay, to John Quincy Adams
- He curbed the “American System”, believed by the South to promote Northern Growth
- Declared nullification to be wholly treasonous and forcefully imposed this ruling
- On 1835, an assassination attempt was made on Andrew Jackson's life
- Vetoed the bill to extend the Second National Bank’s Charter beyond it’s intended expiration date and moved the Federal deposits to state-chartered banks
- Broadly attacked forms of government granted privilege
- Pretty much handpicked the presidency for Martin Van Buren