Andrew Jackson, the
seventh president of the United states, was born on March
15, 1767, in the Waxhaw settlement on the western frontier
of South Carolina. Jackson was orphaned at the age of 14
and was brought up by his uncle. Jackson was born into a
poor family. When his parents died, he went to live with his
Uncle, who was a wealthy slave and land owner. As a result,
Jackson moved among wealthy people and property
owners, who monopolized the prestige and political influence
in the back country. So now he could see what the different
lives between the rich and the poor, he became really
popular by the common people and also was considered
part of the political movement and he led what was know as
the Jacksonian Democracy. He could see that the wealthy
were huge land owners or industrialized families, and the
poor families were small farmers. Jackson was the type who
wanted the land to be all American. Dealing with the Native
American policy, he forcibly removed......
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