Andrew Jackson Dbq Analysis

Andrew Jackson a democratic man who cared about the word of the people, but criticized by his enemies. Jackson lived a tough life from losing his father days before his birth ,at the age of 13 he enlisted in the Revolutionary War he was captured by a British officer and later freeed with a negotiation for him and his brother by his mother .Shortly after returning home his mother dies, leaving him alone.Jackson worked hard from studying law to being elected Tennessee’s first representative in the U.S House of Representative and later elected to the U.S Senate.As you may have assumed Andrew Jackson is a democratic man perceived as a non -demorcatic man .Jackson was a hero to the lower class by giving them the ability to vote . Jackson gave
Jackson says that “more is lost by the long continuance of men in office that it generally to be gained by their experience. Jackson wants more integrity in the government. In Document J people assumed Jackson hated indians and wanted them out and gone far forever .Jackson wanted indian tribes to have a guaranteed stay district west of the Mississippi . He mentions how the tribes have become extinct because of “persuasion and force they have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain “(document j,page 61). Jackson wants to prevent that and give the indian tribes a permanent stay . Mentioned in Document M is Andrew Jackson's adopted son . The child was the only one left of his family and was at the point of being killed until Jackson decided to adopt and raise him as his own. The indian boy named Lyncoya latter died of tuberculosis at the age of 14.(document m,page 62;class discussion). In Document N Jackson talks about the free colored . Jackson said free men of color volunteering with Great Britain will be treated equally . Jackson said he will treat the free colored men the same as the white men . They will be paid the same and treated the same .Showing how unprejudiced was Jacson and how he respected