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'''Andrew Jackson''' was the 7th [[President of the United States of America]], elected as the "Hero of New Orleans" famous for crushing the British army in battle there. His nickname was "Old Hickory."  Born near the North/South Carolina border, Jackson studied law in Salisbury, North Carolina before moving to Nashville, Tennessee. Jackson was the first elected President who was not born in [[Virginia]] or [[Massachusetts]].  He fought at an early age in the battle of Stone Ferry during the [[American Revolution]] in 1780.  He later fought against the Indians, and against the [[British]] during the [[War of 1812]].

'''Andrew Jackson''' was the 7th [[President of the United States of America]], elected as a hero after his military triumphs over the Creek Indians of the Southeast and the British at New Orleans in 1815. As President (1829-1837), he destroyed the Bank of the United States, relocated the remaining southeastern Indians, and built a new political coalition, the Democratic party.  A self-made man, Indian fighter, war hero and a fighter (and duelist) who believed in action instead of words, he was the iconic Western folk hero. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his admirers, he typified popular democracy in the "Jacksonian Age" of the 1830s and 1840s, and became the leader of [[Jacksonian Democracy]] during the [[Second party Sytem]].

 

His Born near the North/South Carolina border, Jackson studied law in Salisbury, North Carolina before moving to Nashville, Tennessee. Jackson was the first elected President who was not born in [[Virginia]] or [[Massachusetts]].  He fought at an early age in the battle of Stone Ferry during the [[American Revolution]] in 1780.  He later fought against the Indians, and against the [[British]] during the [[War of 1812]].

==Career==

==Career==

As a teenager during the American Revolution, Jackson refused an order by a British officer to polish his boots, and the officer angrily drew his sword and slashed Jackson across his hand and head with it, and imprisoned him.  For the rest of his life Jackson loathed the British.

As a teenager during the American Revolution, Jackson refused an order by a British officer to polish his boots, and the officer angrily drew his sword and slashed Jackson across his hand and head with it, and imprisoned him.  For the rest of his life Jackson loathed the British.