Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were very different in the ways they grew up, their attitudes towards things, and especially they way they did things as leaders. Along the way though, there seemed to be quite a few similarities between them as well. Jefferson and Jackson did many things to help their country. They both had their own way of doing things the way chose to. Growing up, Jackson and Jefferson lived very different lives.
Jackson grew up in North Carolina, not having very much money at all, or even a family to lean on. So, at the age of twenty-one, he made the decision to head to Tennessee and start a new life. There, he became a successful lawyer, and also became a slave owner. He was first recognized when he won the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. It was a sight to see and he started to become popular because going into that battle, he was considered the underdog against the British. He also met a girl named Rachel Donelson. Rachel was separating from her previous husband when she and Jackson met. When the divorce was final, Rachel and Andrew Jackson married. In March of 1829 he was chosen to be the President of the United States of America. He had a little difficulty during the elections, because many thought that he and Rachel had gotten married before the divorce was final. In the end, he was still elected. Jackson’s attitude was almost rotten.
He had a very hot temper and even got into a couple of fights that ended in gun shots. Jackson was very forceful toward Congress when it came to them considering his opinions. He was the first president to veto the most times during his term in office. He also believed that the President should control the government. He himself felt that he had to be in control of eve...
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...e changed things for the better, and was the most effective leader compared to Jackson. Jefferson opened free public schools for white men that would change their generation for the better, he wrote the Declaration of Independence, and passed a bill that separated religion from freedom, and he was even against slavery. All Jackson seemed to do was create chaos for everyone. Although Jackson did do some good, like create the Democratic Party which showed that people did have the ability to vote and their vote was taken seriously, he defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, and he vetoed the Second Bank of the United States because he felt that it was favoring rich people over the common people. All in all, both men did some good things, both men did some bad. But both changed America and definitely left a mark on it, whether it was for the good or the bad.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were the last living individuals from the first American progressives who had confronted the British people and manufactured another political group in the previous provinces. Then again, while they both trusted stock in vote based system and life, freedom and the quest for joy, their conclusions on the best way to accomplish these standards separated after some time. Later, serving two presidential terms, Jefferson and Adams each communicated to outsiders their appreciation the other and their longing to recharge their friendship. Adams was the first to end the hush; he sent Jefferson a letter around the time of new year’s, in which he wished Jefferson numerous great new years to come. Jefferson reacted with
Adams led the country as a federalist and Jefferson led it as a federalist. They established a stable government differently but effectively. Jefferson and Adams both made major mistakes, The Alien and Sedition Acts and the Embargo Act. They also both had great successes, ending the Quazi War and making the Louisiana Purchase. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were two of the most influential presidents in US history and even though they are very different they both put the stability of the government
Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy are the same in just about every regard. Their views and goals as presidents are the same. Both are in favor of the common man and feel that it is the common people who should have the biggest influence on government, not the wealthy aristocrats. They also support states rights and feel that the federal government should not get involved with the states affairs. Both men's actions clearly show that the common man does not include minorities. Both Jackson's and Jefferson's actions and words are very similar and support the same beliefs.
Born March 15, 1767 on the Carolina frontier, Andrew Jackson would eventually rise from poverty to politics after the War of 1812 where he earned national fame as a military hero. Jackson won the popular vote in the 1829 election and became the seventh United States President. As President, Jackson sought out to be a representative of the common man. Jackson remarks in his veto message of July 10, 1832 that, “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” Andrew Jackson put in place the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This act forced Natives off their homelands and onto the lands west of the Mississippi River. They encountered a journey, called the Trail of Tears, where they traveled by foot to what would be their new homes, which transformed the lives of thousands of Native Americans. The President’s intentions were to move all Natives west of the Mississippi River to open up the land to American settlers.
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States and represented the common people. He did many things that he believed helped the people of the United States, but in fact were unconstitutional. In my opinion Andrew Jackson acted like a king. Some of the damaging events of his presidency include the bank war, the trail of tears and the nullification crisis.
Andrew Jackson was a good president. He helped shaped the United States to the way it is today. Andrew Jackson had his up and downs as any president would. Jackson did what he thought was good for the common man. He was a common man who brought himself up all the way from he bottom.
He made the Native Americans feel unwelcomed in their own country by taking their land and shipping them off were they would not bother a white man. Jackson also changed the voting system to benefit his own needs while in office. He was also overwhelmed by the amount of power he possessed and eventually succumbed to the temptations of selfishness. Although President Andrew Jackson was certainly not democratic, he allowed future presidents to learn from his mistakes so that history does not repeat itself. His time as president offered guidance to the true democracy America uses today in its
Andrew Jackson was like no other president before him. The previous presidents had one thing in common, they were all part of the founding fathers or in John Quincy Adam’s case was the son of a founding father. However Jackson was a plantation owner from the west who had no connections with the government. He also had different views from other presidents that made his presidency unique. Two things that separated Andrew Jackson’s presidency from previous presidencies were he reached out to the common people and he was disapproving of the Bank of United States.
Andrew Jackson began a whole new era in American history. Amongst his greatest accomplishments were evoking the "common man" to be interested in government and tailoring democracy to satisfy the same "common man's" needs. Of course, Jackson could not go about making such radical changes without supporters, but that never surfaced as a problem. Jacksonian Democrats, as they came to be called, were great in number during the 1820's and 1830's. They advocated all of the issues that President Jackson did, and did so with great vigor. They thought of themselves very highly because they recognized their responsibilities as American citizens. They realized that as political leaders they had a true purpose- to protect and serve the American people. The Jacksonians justified their view of themselves in their sincere attempts to guard the United States Constitution by both promoting equality of economic opportunity and increasing political democracy, but they had their downfalls with issues of individual liberties.
With his father recently deceased, his mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, was forced to live with family. Because of this, Jackson’s mother had to earn her families room and board by working for her relatives. He was surrounded by family, but never really fit in. I believe this led to an inferiority complex in Jackson; causing aggression and the need to “one up” everyone. As a child, he was constantly fighting; trying to prove his strength and worth. It is said, that Jackson would get so worked up he would be “slobbering”. It is my opinion that this is where Jackson started building his legendary personality; dominating those around him with his charisma or hostility. I believe it is because of this personality he accomplished so many things; it is also what led him to treat those he saw as “beneath him” so poorly. (Meacham
Jackson did many of things. One thing is the national bank. The national bank provided all the state banks with money to provide the people with. Jackson had a problem with the national bank before his presidency which concluded in Jackson shutting down the bank during his presidency. The national bank shutting down changed a lot of people’s lives. People’s everyday lives were affected by this because they couldn’t
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in a log cabin on a poor farm (195). His father died before he was born, and he was forced to grow up fast (1). His mother wanted him to become a Presbyterian minister, so he read three chapters of scripture daily and was sent to study under a Presbyterian minister (5). Jackson became an orphan by the young age of fifteen (195). Jackson grew to be six feet tall and
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were two very influential figures in American political history. Even though they both were in two different eras, they shaped the American government and the way people think about it. They both have similarities, but they do have differences as well that includes political rights, religious rights and even economic rights.
Before Andrew Jackson became president, he had a rough life. His parents died when he was young, so he grew up without guidance. Jackson was in all the fights he could pick and to many, a wild child. By age 17, he calmed down and began planning his life. It wasn’t until after he had enrolled in the war of 1813 and showed great leadership and strength, that he was in the spot for presidency.
To some people Andrew Jackson is remembered as the, metaphorically speaking, “People’s King” and is accused of dictator-like political moves. However, Andrew Jackson was quite the contrary, he was exalted amongst the people for being the new era of democracy: instilling a political revolution, the protection of the American people, and social equality among the masses. Therefore, Andrew Jackson was a precedent of democratic rule in the United States.