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 * Once upon a time a great leader was born. ­Andrew was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaw settlement, a community of Scotch-Irish immigrants along the north and South Carolina border. Before Jackson became president he attended local schools, receiving an elementary education. His father died before his birth and his mother had to take care of her three boys by herself. When Jackson turned 13 he joined the Continental army and fought in the Revolutionary War. **

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 * About 40 years after the Revolutionary War, Jackson ran for president. When he was elected he was 61 years old. He was the 7th president of the United States. He was in office from 1829 to 1837. Jackson was a democratic president. His two vice presidents were Martin Van Buren and John Calhoun. During his presidency, Jackson supported states’ rights but didn’t agree that states could nullify laws by themselves. Also, he supported the Indian Removal Act. He died in 1845 at the age of 78 on June 8, 1845. He will be forever known as ‘Old Hickory’ and a great president. **======

__//Acrostic poem about Andrew Jackson..//__  A ndrew Jackson didn’t like the bank of U.S.  N oble and brave are just two of his many traits.  D emocracy was the side he was on  R an for office from 1767 through 1862 E lected from the state, Tennessee. W as seventy-eight years old when he died.

 J ohn Calhoun was one of his vice presidents.  A t the age of 13 he fought in the war.  C aptured by the British when in the Revolutionary War. K indness is the gesture he used for the average people he used to be.  S eventh president of the United States.  O ld Hickory was Andrew Jacksons nick name.  N ational fame is what Jackson won during war of 1812.



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