What Is Andrew Jackson's Behavior

Andrew Jackson was birthed March 15, 1767, in a region between North and South Carolina. Jackson’s parents were Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, who emigrated from the country of Ireland in 1765. While growing up, Jackson stayed with a large extended family and received a very rocky education, which put him in a lot of tough predicaments. When Jackson reached the age of 13, he went as a courier in the Revolutionary War. Jackson had a brother named Hugh who died by heatstroke in the Stono Ferry Battle in 1779, and afterwards, Jackson and his other brother Robert got captured by the British.

Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini is a book, anyone ought to read if one needs to know about Andrew Jackson. While the book is forty-six years old, the 212 page book contains all that you have to know about the seventh President of the United States, from his time as a tyke to his ascent to notoriety as a hero in the Battle of New Orleans and to his retirement as President. Firstly, in 1765, Andrew his father who he was named after, Elizabeth his mother who was pregnant with him at the time and his two older brothers Hugh and Robert immigrated to America. “On arrival, the family headed straight for the Waxhaws”(Pg 15).

From the time he was young to the time he died, Andrew Jackson faced many hardships. After being confronted by death at a young age, he spent his life trying to prove to himself why he should still be alive. Even with all of the obstacles in his life, he went on to become one of America’s greatest army generals and presidents. All this can be tied into the author’s main point which is that we must set aside all of the great things that Andrew Jackson accomplished and look more into the setbacks he powered through to reach his goals.

The reason that Jackson’s background and personality were so appealing to Americans in the 1820’s was that it was something that no one had ever heard of before. The story of how Jackson’s parents were Scott-Irish immigrants who came to America with children to have a new life appeals to the vast majority of immigrants in America. The unexpected death of Jackson’s father and then when his older brother Hugh dies of heat exposure and fatigue appeals to the vast majority of Americans who despised the British. Likewise when Jackson and his second oldest brother Robert were taken as prisoners of war by the British and when they were being taken to the British prison camp both Andrew and Robert would contract smallpox, of which Robert would die

Jackson started his military career after leaving West Point, a very prestigious military academy. Jackson was a brand new officer when the U.S. went to war with Mexico. He arrived at Uncle Cummins’s on Monday, July 20, 1846. A request from the colonel of the militia to take command for a muster parade. Jackson relied with “No” he said to the colonel “I would probably not understand your orders”(Vandiver).

Justification “Andrew Jackson and search for Vindication” by James C. Curtis, presents the life of young Jackson and his traumatic ordeals that lead him to develop an unhealthy obsession for his deprived mentality of the term, justice. The author develops Jackson’s obsession through childhood experiences with the loss of family that is incredibly linked to violent battles. Curtis uses these traumas to emphasize Jackson’s character progression throughout the novel to better understand the complexity of Jackson’s paranoid views on the corruption of U.S. government and his selfish search for justice. His ardent desire for “justice” is nothing more than his selfish desire to be right in his reaction to the violence of war and the government itself.

Lastly, I just want to point out how lucky Jackson was. He was able to live with a bullet in his chest. Later on, someone tried shooting him but failed because the gunpowder did not ignite…two times! What are the odds of

However, upon arrival, Jackson was beaten, shot, had his legs broken, and was stuffed inside of a sleeping bag by Wright and four others (Tuttle). The group disposed of his body by burning it in a backyard fire pit, then proceeded to disperse his ashes into paint cans (Tuttle). Many of the individuals involved had an ill-will towards Jackson

Some inexperienced Americans on the west bank broke and ran but in the main attack on the east bank, Jackson's men mowed down the advancing enemy with artillery and rifle fire. British casualties exceeded two thousand; Jackson lost thirteen dead, fifty-eight wounded and missing.” (“American President” A hero emerges). Jackson was able to overcome the other enemy even though they had a greater number of men with his intelligence and strategic thinking. Even though Jackson was a war hero he was also a family

In the 19th century, American politics started change drastically from the old system which seemed to be fading away. The idea of democracy was born in America through the influence of politicians. The American people started to realize their place in the growth of the country. They realized that their involvement in politics could benefit them. Andrew Jackson for a time was the face of democracy to the American people.

Andrew Jackson was born to modest parents in a small village in the Carolinas after moving from Ireland. At thirteen years old, the British captured Andrew during the American Revolution. While under the control of a British officer, Andrew refused to perform a task directed toward him and he was cut with a sword leaving him with scars and an everlasting hate for the British. As he grew older, Andrew received little education while working on farms and in factories. In 1796, he was elected as a delegate for the Tennessee Constitutional Convention and that same year he became a congressman.

Andrew Jackson during his time was considered a very patriotic politician he hated the rich, he hated the Indian, and loved the idea of slavery. It has been said that he grew up not educated and had a bad up bring but still managed to get to a high political suture. Jackson at one point was general and had a very decorated portfolio, which made sense he would become president, Andrew was most well know for “The Battle of New Orleans” where Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans nearing the end of that war.

Andrew Jackson was an autocrat. Reasoning for this is that in the image of Andrew Jackson the first it shows him dressed like a king complete with a crown and scepter. Kings are made to rule and have absolute power. The definition of an autocrat is a ruler with absolute power. Also, in the pictures border it says “born to command” and usually when you command you give an authoritative order which sounds like something an autocrat would do.

Born in poverty, Andrew Jackson had become a wealthy Tennessee lawyer and rising young politician by 1812. When war broke out between the United States and Britain, his leadership in that conflict earned Jackson national fame as a military hero and he would become America’s most influential and polarizing political figure during the 1820’s and 1830’s. The year is 1763 in Tennessee and Washington D.C. during the life of Andrew Jackson. As he lived, Mr. Jackson did some foolish things and some impacting things. An example of three of the foolish things that Mr. Jackson did are the following:

Born into a non-aristocratic poor family, somewhere in the Carolina’s on March 14, 1767, was a man named Andrew Jackson. Jackson, also called “Old Hickory” was a very bold proactive man in American history. From being a military hero and founding the democratic party to enacting the trail of tears and dismantling the of the Bank of the United States, the man and his legacy are a prominent topic for scholarly debate. Some believe he was a great president and some believe he was the worse president. But if you look at it from a moral perceptive or in the eyes of a foreigner, Jackson’s legacy was far more villainous than heroic.