In my point of view I think that Jackson was a good president. Also, rather than being a villain I thought that he was a hero Jackson wasn’t born with privileges. He was extremely poor. But, he grew up with more advantages than his two older brothers. His mother, Elizabeth Jackson, struggled to send him to better schools than the common backcountry schools. Andrew was a mischievous kid growing up. He was hot-tempered, and found delight in frightening and bullying other children. Andrew Jackson didn’t have as well of an education as the other boys, but he remained uniformed for most of his life. He refused to take his studies seriously, even though he was bright and can read at an early age; he chose to be wild and reckless freedom of fighting any playing. …show more content…
Not everyone was into the new Jacksonian Democracy. Native American were the ones who suffered most from Andrew Jackson’s vision of America. Not only was he a president but he was also a military leader that pursued a policy of removing Indian Tribes from the lands. This relocation would make land for settlers and sometimes speculators who made big profits form he purchase and sale of land. While Jackson and others put a very positive and favorable spin on Indian removal in their speeches, the removals were often burtal. There was very little the Indians can do to protect themselves. The Cherokees of Georgia used legal action to resist. Finally, federal troops came to Georgia to remove the tribes by force. In 1835, the Cherokees under the leadership of Chief John Ross resisted until the end. About 20,000 Cherokees were marched westward at gunpoint on what is known as the Trail of Tears. The tribe became hopelessly divided as the followers of Ross murdered those who signed the Treaty of New