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Was Andrew Jackson A Hero Or A Villain?

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Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States was he a hero or a villain? While there were some questionable choices Jackson made in his life. There are many reasons people consider Andrew Jackson a hero. The first and foremost reason is his military service to the country. Andrew Jackson’s actions would also lead to the expansion of the United States into Florida. Andrew Jackson as the president was known as the president of the “Common Man” and he lowered the national debt to a record low. Andrew Jackson was an honest man stood up for his beliefs of what was right that is what makes him a hero. Most Famous for his military career he would first serve at the age of only 13 in the Revolutionary War, where he would join the Patriots and be captured by the British. Jackson would be the only survivor of his family after the Revolutionary War, but that wouldn’t stop him. After the Revolutionary War Jackson would go to North Carolina to pursue a career in law. Andrew Jackson greatest military accomplishments would be during the War of 1812. During the war of 1812 Jacksons army would give him the nickname “Old Hickory” for being as tough as an old hickory tree. Jackson would engage in a few battles with the Creek Indians, allies of the British with a final victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Jackson would be named a war hero with the victory over the British, at the Battle of New Orleans, which forced the British to withdraw from the war. After the War of 1812 Andrew Jackson would invade Spanish Florida in pursuit of Seminole Indians that were thought to be attacking and stealing from Georgia settlers. Jackson’s orders were not to invade Spanish Florida, but to stop the Indian attacks. Jackson did not listen to the orders and invaded Florida capturing the Spanish posts at St Marks and Pensacola. Spain would ultimately give up, and offer to sell Florida to the United States in the Adams–Onís Treaty in 1821. Andrew Jackson was the first United States president who did not come from the nation’s elite social class. Andrew Jackson was a president for the “common man” this was a changing point in American politics. Pro Jackson’s would form the democratic party while the elites would be called the Whig

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