Andrew Jackson: Life Before Presidency
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaw settlement which is a community of Scotish-Irish immigrants between the borders of North and South Carolina. Jackon's father died before he was born and his mother and 3 children moved in with her relatives in Crawford Andrew Jackson never attended college instead he attended local locals recieving a basic elementary education and perhaps a some higher learning.
The American Revolutionary War had a great impact on Jackson's life. Andrew Jackson and his brother Robert fought with American irregulars because they were too young for formal soldiering. In 1781, they were captured and contracted smallpox, which led to the death of Robert shortly after thier release. Jackson's oldest brother had enlisted in a patriot regiment and died form heatstroke at Stono Ferry. Andrew Jackson's mother died from illness when trying to retrieve some of her nephews form a British prison ship.
At the age of fifteen Jackson was an orphan. He drifted and taught school, and then read about law in North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1787, he accepted an offer to serve as public prosecutor in the Mero District of North Carolina. In 1788, Jackson trived from the frontier town at Nashville on the Cumberland River where he built his own legal practice, entered in to trading, and acquired land and slaves.
Jackson married Rachel Donelson Robards who was the daughter of one of Nashville's founders, the late John Donelson. Rachel was married but separated from her husband, Lewis Robards and in 1791 she and Jackson begin living together as husband and wife, but were not formally married until 1794 after Rachel Donelson received a divorce in Kentucky. This marriage haunts Jackson in his presidential campaigns.
Jackson was a war hero from the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. In May 1814, Jackson and his troop was able to brutally defeated the British. Even though this battle took place after the Treaty of Ghent was signed this battle caused a boost in nationalism and made Jackson to become a hero, second in national fame to George Washington.
In 1818 he led an army in pursuit of Seminole Indians into Spanish Florida and once Spain ceded Florida, he served for a brief period as territorial govenor and then as a senator for Tennessee from 1823 to 1825. In 1824 election, Jackson wan the popular and electoral vote, but because he did not win the majority he eventually lost in the vote of the House of Representatives due to the influence of the Speaker of the House Henry Clay, and Jackson called this the "Corrupt Bargain". In the Battle of 1828, Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams and became the seventh president of the United States of America and was known as the President of the People.
The American Revolutionary War had a great impact on Jackson's life. Andrew Jackson and his brother Robert fought with American irregulars because they were too young for formal soldiering. In 1781, they were captured and contracted smallpox, which led to the death of Robert shortly after thier release. Jackson's oldest brother had enlisted in a patriot regiment and died form heatstroke at Stono Ferry. Andrew Jackson's mother died from illness when trying to retrieve some of her nephews form a British prison ship.
At the age of fifteen Jackson was an orphan. He drifted and taught school, and then read about law in North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1787, he accepted an offer to serve as public prosecutor in the Mero District of North Carolina. In 1788, Jackson trived from the frontier town at Nashville on the Cumberland River where he built his own legal practice, entered in to trading, and acquired land and slaves.
Jackson married Rachel Donelson Robards who was the daughter of one of Nashville's founders, the late John Donelson. Rachel was married but separated from her husband, Lewis Robards and in 1791 she and Jackson begin living together as husband and wife, but were not formally married until 1794 after Rachel Donelson received a divorce in Kentucky. This marriage haunts Jackson in his presidential campaigns.
Jackson was a war hero from the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. In May 1814, Jackson and his troop was able to brutally defeated the British. Even though this battle took place after the Treaty of Ghent was signed this battle caused a boost in nationalism and made Jackson to become a hero, second in national fame to George Washington.
In 1818 he led an army in pursuit of Seminole Indians into Spanish Florida and once Spain ceded Florida, he served for a brief period as territorial govenor and then as a senator for Tennessee from 1823 to 1825. In 1824 election, Jackson wan the popular and electoral vote, but because he did not win the majority he eventually lost in the vote of the House of Representatives due to the influence of the Speaker of the House Henry Clay, and Jackson called this the "Corrupt Bargain". In the Battle of 1828, Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams and became the seventh president of the United States of America and was known as the President of the People.