June 8‚ 1845 Parents were Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. They were Scot-Irish colonist who emigrated from Ireland. Andrew’s father passed away three weeks before Andrew was born. At age 13‚ Andrew was a courier during Revelutionary War. During the war his brother Hugh died. Andrew and his brother Robert were taken by British and held captive. During that time Robert died from smallpox. Shortly after Robert’s death‚ Andrew’s mother died of cholera and Andrew was an orphan at age 14.
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John Quincy Adams was a great man but didn’t accomplish much in his presidential years. He was born on July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree Massachusetts‚ but is now called Quincy in honor of him. He became president from a close race that the House of Representatives had to decide. Sadly‚ he died in 1848 at the age of 80. Before John Quincy Adams became the sixth president of the united states‚ he did some weird things as a child. He saw the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hill close to his farm with his mom
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Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson I. Andrew Jackson a. March 15‚ 1767 – June 8‚ 1845 b. 61 years old II. No formal education; Occupation: Major General in the military‚ lawyer in North Carolina and Tennessee‚ Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court‚ military governor of Florida‚ also became a US Senator III. Democratic Party IV. John Quincy Adams: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚
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raffling off our land to whites. As stated in the court ruling by John Marshall “The Cherokee nation‚ then‚ is a distinct community‚ occupying its own territory‚ with boundaries accurately described‚ in which the laws of Georgia can have no force‚ and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter‚ but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves‚ or in conformity with treaties‚ and with the acts of congress.” President Jackson allowed an illegal genocide by the state of Georgia on my people
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during the time period (1780s’) in which Mrs. Abigail Adams watched her sons become men in all the unfairness life gave. Adams writes to her son‚ John Quincy‚ for the purpose of advising him on the journey to France. Admittedly‚ Adams uses the guidance of an author that “compares a judicious traveller to a river” where with distance “rich veins of minerals...improves” their “qualities.” The underlying message being that the farther John Quincy goes the further “understanding” of the world he will
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Andrew Jackson: Common Man or Democratic Man? “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.”1 This quote by Andrew Jackson is only one of the many statements that he has made about the government being corrupt and being led by the wrong people. Throughout Jackson’s life‚ he was belittled and stepped on by the richer community. As a child‚ he grew on his own and learned to handle tough situations and quarrels all by himself
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Andrew Jackson Jackson was born on March 15‚ 1767. His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson‚ Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ireland two years earlier. Jackson’s father was born in Carrickfergus‚ County Antrim‚ in current-day Northern Ireland‚ around 1738. Jackson’s parents lived in the village of Boneybefore‚ also in County Antrim. When they immigrated to America in 1765‚ Jackson’s parents probably landed in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. They would have
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Was Andrew Jackson the American hero that we make him out to be? Do his accomplishments as President of the United States merit the recognition they receive? During his two terms in office‚ from 1829 to 1837‚ Andrew Jackson managed to remove the Five Civilized Tribes from the Southeastern United States and kill the most stable financial institution in the country‚ causing the largest financial crisis in American history up until that point. He trampled on the most sacred of American civil liberties
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Andrew Jackson’s Report Card Letter Grade Historical Reasoning Democracy A+ Andrew Jackson respected the poor more than the rich and wealthy. He believed in common people having the same privileges as those with higher social status. He also opposed the government and the bank because he thought it favored the rich. Political parties were also holding nominating conventions which opened the ability to nominate more people making it more democratic. Spoils System B- Andrew Jackson saw the
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John Quincy Adams We have had 43 presidents and each one has been an important part of our history. Our presidents are elected every four years on the first Tuesday in November. To run for presidency you have to be born in the United States‚ be over 35 years old‚ and have lived in the United States for 14 years or more. After being elected the president is sworn in on January 20 in Washington‚ D.C. and recites an oath. You can only be president for eight years. The president picks his cabinet
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