Andrew Jackson had a rough early life, faced with many deaths and hardships. Jackson was born on March 16, 1767. His father had already passed before Jackson’s birth and his mother had to raise three boys all herself, with the help of some of their family. Jackson only received and had the privilege to an elementary level education. This of course was not his or any of his family’s fault, as the British were beginning to invade the U.S.. This invasion of the British led to the death of many, unfortunately for the Jackson family.
As the British intruded America, the Jackson’s gave up their life to fight for their proud country, a dance with death. Andrew’s oldest brother Hugh, enlisted into the army. Andrew and Robert, …show more content…
Some can spend years mending themselves after a traumatizing event. Andrew Jackson was the opposite. Though he faced many extreme trials and tribulations, he quickly recovered and achieved many goals. He was a fighter.
Andrew Jackson is a hero, because he turned a rough childhood successful, he jumped electoral obstacles, and was a war hero.
Andrew Jackson went through an extremely difficult and almost traumatizing childhood. He was not blessed with an easy beginning life and had to fight to survive on the many circumstances he faced. For starters, Andrew was born and forced to grow up without a father. He had no influence in that region of life, yet he fought through not knowing his own father. His education was taken from him, as he only received an elementary education because the British invaded and he found more importance in the war. At only age fifteen, he was a war veteran of the unofficial, irregular army as well as one of his brothers, while the other fought officially in the war against the British. Not only did one of his brothers die, but both. Andrew faced a deathly case of smallpox, but survived, as Robert passed. Hugh also died, contracting heat stroke while fighting in the war. Unfortunately, Andrew also lost his mother due to illness during the war. Andrew had no one as an orphan and became a veteran of war by age fifteen. Andrew had brutal childhood, but turned his life around into a success story; becoming a president and being the common man’s democratic leader. As most hero’s come from a horrible past, Andrew Jackson definitely fits this