The Life of Andrew Jackson
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CONTENT
Introduction
Andrw Jkn w the vnth ldr f th Unitd Stt. H i knwn for tblihing th Dmrti Prt nd fr hi hl f individul frdm. "An mn drving t lt m rt will tik u fr wht h trut right, t it tk a mwht bttr mn t rgniz in a lit nd nd withut rrvtin tht h i in blundr."
Cnivd in dtitutin, Andrw Jkn (1767-1845) had turnd int a rih Tnn lgl unlr nd riing uthful lgiltr b 1812, whn war brk ut btwn th Unitd Stt nd Britin. Hi uthrit in tht ntntin rnd Jkn ntinl ulrit a militr int, nd h wuld turn int Amri' most influntil and lrizing litil figur mid th 1830s. Aftr brl ling t Jhn Quin Adm in th htil 1824 ridntil diin, Jackson returned fur r ftr th ft to win rvr, undl ruhing Adm nd turning int th country's vnth ridnt (1829-1837). A Amri' political gathering frmwrk rtd, Jkn turnd int th inr f th nw Dmrti Prt. A supporter f tt' right nd subjugation's ugmnttin int the nw wtrn dmin, h rtritd th Whig Party nd Cngr n lrizing iu, fr xml, th Bnk f the United Stt. Fr a fw, his inhritn i dilrd b hi rt in the ntrind mvmnt f Ntiv Amrin trib living t f th Mississippi.
Andrw Jkn w nivd n Mrh 15, 1767, in the Wxhw ll btwn Nrth Crlin and Suth Crlin. A lgl dvir nd a lndwnr, h turnd int a ntinl wr saint subsequent t ruhing th Britih in New Orln mid th Wr f 1812. Jkn w chosen th vnth ldr f th Unitd Stt in 1828. Knwn th "gnrl ultin' ldr," Jackson devastated th Snd Bnk f th Unitd Stt, tblihd th Dmrti Prt, uhld singular frdm nd fundd rrngmnt tht brught but th ntrind relocation f Ntiv Amrin. H passed n Jun 8, 1845.
Chapter 1 - Erl Lif
Andrw Jkn w nivd n Mrh 15, 1767, t Andrew nd Elizbth Huthinn Jkn, St-Irih settlers wh migrtd frm Irlnd in 1765. In it f th ft tht Jkn' rigin i vnturd t have bn t n f hi unl' hm in th rmt Wxhw ll that trddl North Carolina nd Suth Crlin, th rrt area is bur in th xt outskirt till uldn't m t b rviwd. Jkn' intrdutin t th world came nl thr wk ftr the sudden ing f hi dd t 29 r ld.
Exrining hildhd in ndin in th Wxhw wild, Jkn gt n inconsistent intrutin in th r rir t the Rvlutinr Wr wnt t th Crlin. Aftr hi mr seasoned ibling Hugh d n in th Bttl f Stn Frr in 1779, th futur ridnt jind a nrb local rm t g 13 nd filld in a llit mngr. Cught b th British lngid hi ibling Rbrt in 1781, Jkn w left with a rtul r frm his dtinmnt ftr a Britih ffir ut hi lft hand nd sliced hi f with a wrd in light of th ft tht the ung mn dlind t ln th Rdt' bt. Whil in bndg the ibling ntrtd smallpox, frm whih Rbrt wuld nt recuperate. A ul f d after th Britih ilit discharged th ibling in a dtin trd rhtrtd b their mm, Rbrt kicked th bukt. Nt long ftr hi ibling' dmi, Jkn' mm kicked th bukt f hlr ntrtd whil h brt fd wid ut nd harmed trr. At 14 r ld, Jkn w trndd, nd th ing f hi rltiv mid th Rvlutinr Wr rmtd a d rtd bhrrn f th Britih.
Rid b hi uncles, Jkn trtd examining law in Slibur, North Crlin, in hi lt ungtr. He was dmittd t th br in 1787, nd bfr lng, the 21-r-ld Jkn was nmd rrigning lwr in th wtrn rgin of Nrth Crlin, a region tht i urrntl rt f Tennessee. He mvd to th wildrn settlement f Nhvill in 1788 nd in th nd turnd int a wll ff lndwnr frm th h h gthrd frm a flurihing rivt rti.
In 1796, Jkn w n individul frm th trditin tht t up the Tnn Cntitutin and w hn Tennessee's firt illutrtiv in th U.S. Pl f Rrnttiv. H was hn t th U.S. Snt th nxt r, hwvr urrndrd ubunt t rving just ight mnth. In 1798, Jkn w digntd a circuit judg n th Tnn rdminnt urt, rving in tht itin until 1804. Tht m r, Jkn obtained a fr rhing mnr in Dvidn Cunt, Tnn (l Nhvill), lld th Hrmitg. At the trt, nin Afrin-Amrin lv tk a ht at th ttn mnr. Whn of Jkn' demise in 1845, ntwithtnding, rund 150 lv wrkd in th Hrmitg' fild. Militr Crr
Dit th ft tht h ndd militr experience, Andrw Jkn w digntd a noteworthy gnrl f th Tnn ivilin rm in 1802. Amid th War f 1812 he drove U.S. tr n a five-month bttl gint th Britih-unitd Crk Indin, wh hd lughtrd mn ilgrim t Frt Mim in intrdu d Albm. Th rud finihd with Jkn' triumh t the Bttl f Hrh Bend in Mrh 1814, whih brught but the killing f mwhr in th rng f 800 wrrir nd th ibl obtainment b th Unitd Stt f 20 millin tin f lnd f lnd in intrdu d Grgi nd Albm. Aftr thi militr hivmnt, the U.S. military lvtd Jkn t rl brd.
Withut rtiulr guidlin, h drv hi wr int the Snih dmin f Flrid nd ught the station f Pnl in Nvmbr 1814 rding ftr British tr t Nw Orleans. Fllwing a lng tim f nggmnt in December 1814, th tw id nflitd n Jnur 8, 1815. In it f th fact tht dwrfd almost tw-t-n, Jkn drv 5,000 wrrir t n unforeseen triumh vr th Britih in th Bttl f New Orln, th lt real nggmnt f th Wr f 1812. Nmd a ntinl int, Jkn gt th thnk of Cngr nd a gld drtin. H w additionally wll knwn mng his tr, wh said tht Jackson w " intn ld hikr wd" n th mbt zn, winning him th mnikr "Old Hikr." Givn ummn f th Arm' uthrn division, Jkn w rutd n mr int benefit mid th First Seminole Wr twrd th finih f 1817. Mb uring hi rut, h ttkd Snih-ntrlld Flrid, ught St. Check's nd Pnl b nd b, xutd tw Britih ubjt fr ubtl hling th Indin in th wr nd tld West Flrid Gvrnr J Mt. Hi tiviti drew a lid dirtinr rrh frm Sin, nd numru in Cngr nd Pridnt Jm Mnr' buru ruird hi rbuk, hwvr Srtr f Stt Jhn Quin Adm wnt t Jkn' ritn. Sin urrndrd Flrid t th Unitd Stt undr th 1819 Adams-Onis Trt, nd Jkn hld th t f Flrid' militr ntr fr a whil in 1821.
Chapter 2 - Plitil Su
Jkn' military ndvr md him a rising litil star, nd in 1822 th Tennessee Lgiltur digntd him fr th dminitrtin f the Unitd Stt. T urt hi rtifitin, Jkn kt running fr nd wn diin t th U.S. Senate th nxt r. In 1824, tt gru rvivd rund "Old Hikr," nd a Pnnlvni tradition ltd him for the U.S. dminitrtin. In spite f th ft tht Jkn wn th wll knwn vote, no mtitr ikd u a grtr part of th Eltrl Cllg vt, whih td the r to th Hu f Rrnttiv. Skr f th Hu Hnr Cl, wh hd mltd furth in th ntitunt vt, vowed hi help t Jkn' ntil rivl, Jhn Quincy Adm, wh r triumhnt. At firt Jkn knwldgd th thrhing, hwvr when Adm named Cl rtr f xr, hi supporters dnund wht th saw a rivt alcove bargain tht wund u linl knwn th "Dgnrt Brgin."
Th ngtiv rn t th Hu' hi brught but Jkn' r-ltin fr th dminitrtin in 1825, thr r rviul th fllwing r. It likwi lit th Dmrti-Rublin Prt in tw. Th grassroots urtr f "Old Hikr" lld thmlv Democrats nd wuld in the lng run frm th Dmrti Prt. Jackson's dvrri niknmd him "," a moniker tht th applicant favoredto uh n xtnt tht h h t utilize th img f a jk t k t himlf. In it f th ft tht th utiliztin f tht img ceased t xit, it wuld ltr turn into th inigni f th nw Dmrti Party.
Aftr a wunding ffrt, Andrw Jknwith Suth Crlin' John C. Clhun hi bd hbit ridntil running mtwn th ridntil diin f 1828 b a urriing mrgin vr Adm. With hi diin, Jkn turnd int th min outskirts ridnt nd th rimr CEO wh lived utid f ithr Massachusetts r Virgini.
