andrew jackson the tyrant

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"I cannot be intimidated from doing that which my judgment and conscience tell me is right by any earthly power."

This quote by Jackson underlies the fact the he was a selfish, tyrannical ruler. He did not make decisions based on the interests of the whole nation but on his own personal benefit, in search of self- achievement. Although he was portrayed or possibly manipulated the citizens to believe that he was a president for the common man, that was simply not the way he acted. As president, he purposely ignored the power of the Judicial branch to judge laws, and strengthened the power of the Executive branch above the limits in the Constitution. He was also said to be rude and uneducated, which might have led to the reasons why he was such a power hungry tyrant; but before one makes this harsh judgment they must first realize the type of life that Andrew Jackson lived. It almost certainly was the main reason why his thought process was so different from the regular wealthy, educated earlier presidents.

The third child of Irish immigrants, he joined the Army when he was only thirteen years old. Although he was young he had already developed hatred towards the British, b

I do not think he realized how right he was.

This again shows that he feels he has the ability to overpower the rest of the United States Government. In his second term Jackson faced many issues such as the Tariff of Abominations and nullification acts, which he forced Congress to pass acts, again proving he felt he had a higher power over the rest of the government, and abusing his power by forcing Congress to pass acts. But by far the main issue during Jackson's second term was the Indian issue, in which Jackson used his power to support the removal of the Cherokee Indians. This was a foolish move on Jackson's part because his reputation rested upon his cold-blooded slaughter of Native Americans at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, where Jackson's militia killed over 800 Creeks, shooting them down "like dogs," in the Creek War of 1814. Many Americans started to believe that Jackson was prejudice.

This shows that right from the start Jackson was perhaps lying, this is to be believed because Jackson put his friends in office to override the Democrats rather than to equal the two parties out. Then the next big issue, the Bank War came. In which he destroyed the national bank, and again due to much evidence, Andrew Jackson's actions as president were mainly based on his personal feelings. Jackson already hated the national bank before his presidency. As a former, wealthy land entrepreneur, he had lost huge amounts of money because of the national bank in the 1790's. As a result, he refused to recharter the bank when Henry Clay proposed it in 1832. Even though it was passed through Congress, Jackson vetoed it claiming that it was unconstitutional when it had already been declared constitutional by the Marshall in 1819 during the McCulloch vs. Maryland case. This was one of many vetoes made by Jackson under the executive branch. The National Republicans, who were now called the Whigs, thought they could use the issue of vetoes against Jackson in the election of 1832, but their plan backfired and Jackson won the election by a huge margin.

"So many events have occurred within the last four years which have necessarily called forth- sometimes under circumstances the most delicate and painful- my views of the principles and policy which ought to be pursued by the General Government that I need on this occasion but allude to a few leading considerations connected with some of them."

Even though Andrew Jackson had matured a lot by the early eighteen hundreds, his temper was still blazing. In October 1803, He came across a Tennessee's governor, whom happened to be an old rival; reportedly the governor said something about Rachel Jackson. Without delay Jackson challenged the gover

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