andrew jackson

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Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, can be listed among the United States’ greatest leaders. He had many different personal skills which in turn helped him to become one of the presidents of our nation. Some of these skills include being a lawyer, a judge, politician, a war hero, and most importantly a great leader. Andrew Jackson can be listed among the great men that formed this country to what it is today. Using his great leadership skills, Andrew Jackson gave this country everything he had, and helped any way he could. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1857 into a poverty driven family of Irish immigrants. He was born in the Wax-haws region which is on the border of North and South Carolina. His father died before the war, and his mother and siblings all died during the war from disease or other causes, leaving him an orphan at the age of 14. When he was a kid he only received sporadic education, and education back then was just simply not enough. But he did well and eventually went on to study law. After he graduated from college, he served as a judge in the Tennessee state district. He was also on the committee that formed the Tennessee state constitution (“Andrew Jackson,” 2014). His war career really started his teenage years when he served as a courier during the war of 1812. His hate for the British also started at a young age. It was said that a British officer broke into Andrews house and demanded that he shine his shoes, when Andrew refused The drunk soldier slashed him across the face leaving him with scars that would last forever. Due to his fiery temper, he often engaged himself in many duels with his enemies, all of which he won. In his adulthood, because of all the s... ... middle of paper ... ...ever done. He gave to the people of the country, he took power from the government and let the people decide. Instead of making heavy laws that dictated them he let them govern themselves. He was a president that really brought out the liberty and freedom that this great country was founded on. He gave it all, all those skills of being a lawyer, judge, politician, war hero, and a leader he put his heart into it. Sure he may have made a couple of bad decisions here and there, but everyone does. Andrew Jackson can and should be listed in the list of great American presidents because he had the guts to give everything he was about to the people and didn't hold anything back, and it wore on him too because he died from it. So in a way you could say that he really did give his life for this great country of the United States of America.

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