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Jessica Fisher

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  • he became a national war hero after defeating the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812
  • Jackson destroyed the National Bank, founded the Democratic Party
  • At age 13, he joined a local militia and served as a courier during the Revolutionary War
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  • In 1796, Jackson was a member of the convention that established the Tennessee Constitution and, that same year, was elected Tennessee's first representative in the U.S. House of Representative.
  • Senate the following year, but resigned after serving only eight month
  • War of 1812 he led his troops to victory against the Creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend,
  • After leading 5,000 soldiers in the defeat of 7,500 British in New Orleans, on January 8, 1815, Jackson was dubbed a national hero.
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    Introduction In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country's future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S.
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    Andrew Jackson Born: Birthplace: Waxhaw, S.C. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in what is now generally agreed to be Waxhaw, S.C. After a turbulent boyhood as an orphan and a British prisoner, he moved west to Tennessee, where he soon qualified for law practice but found time for such frontier pleasures as horse racing, cockfighting, and dueling.
Merritt Dudgeon

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    Andrew Jackson ( March 15 , 1767 - June 8 , 1845 ) was the seventh ( 1829 - 1837 ) President of the United States, sometimes called "Old Hickory". Andrew Jackson's parents Andrew Jackson, Sr (c. 1730 - February , 1767 ) and Elizabeth "Betty" Hutchinson (c.
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