Who Is Andrew Jackson's Dictatorship Of His Government
By: Kolton Jacobs
11/10/14
Andrew Jackson the brash, independent, strong-willed man who became one of America’s greatest presidents. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about 2 years, and he became an excellent young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely envious of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an inappropriate word on his wife Rachel (White house.gov) . As the 7th president he was referred to as King Andrew due to his dictatorship of his government. Andrew Jackson started life with major hardships, from the death of his father prior to his birth, to the loss of his two brothers and mother during the Revolutionary War. At the age of 13 he joined a militia group and was captured and beaten, this started a drive to succeed at any cost for the young Andrew Jackson (Carol Berkin). Jackson was designated commander of the Tennessee …show more content…
Their replacements were of loyal supporters of the Democratic Party that Jackson founded. This was the start of the two party system we have in affect today. The symbol of the Democratic Party to this day is the donkey in reference to Jacksons nick name. The Democratic Party was for the individual man or the common man instead of the privileged republicans. The saying of “to the victor go the spoils” (White house.gov), this was the establishment of the spoils system or the rotation of the office holders with a new president elect. Jackson did not use his congress in policy – making but experienced his veto power and his leadership to acquire control of policy making and having his last say in things. Jackson took on the second bank of the United States because of its poor management and fraud. He vetoed their rechartering bill and the U.S. went without an official central bank for many years due to this action by
11/10/14
Andrew Jackson the brash, independent, strong-willed man who became one of America’s greatest presidents. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about 2 years, and he became an excellent young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely envious of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an inappropriate word on his wife Rachel (White house.gov) . As the 7th president he was referred to as King Andrew due to his dictatorship of his government. Andrew Jackson started life with major hardships, from the death of his father prior to his birth, to the loss of his two brothers and mother during the Revolutionary War. At the age of 13 he joined a militia group and was captured and beaten, this started a drive to succeed at any cost for the young Andrew Jackson (Carol Berkin). Jackson was designated commander of the Tennessee …show more content…
Their replacements were of loyal supporters of the Democratic Party that Jackson founded. This was the start of the two party system we have in affect today. The symbol of the Democratic Party to this day is the donkey in reference to Jacksons nick name. The Democratic Party was for the individual man or the common man instead of the privileged republicans. The saying of “to the victor go the spoils” (White house.gov), this was the establishment of the spoils system or the rotation of the office holders with a new president elect. Jackson did not use his congress in policy – making but experienced his veto power and his leadership to acquire control of policy making and having his last say in things. Jackson took on the second bank of the United States because of its poor management and fraud. He vetoed their rechartering bill and the U.S. went without an official central bank for many years due to this action by