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             In 1814 Jackson was a Major General in the Tennessee Militia, .

             here he was ordered to march against the Creek Indians (who were .

             pro-British in the war of 1812). His goal was achieved at Horseshoe .

             Bend in March of 1814. Eventually he forced All Indians from the area. .

             His victory's impressed some people in Washington and Jackson was put .

             in command of the defense of New Orleans. This show of American .

             strength made Americans feel proud after a war filled with military .

             defeats. Jackson was given the nickname "Old Hickory", and was treated .

             as a national hero. .

             In 1817 he was ordered against the Seminole Indians. He pushed .

             them back into Spanish Florida and executed two British subjects. .

             Jackson instead that his actions were with approval of the Monroe .

             administration. His actions helped to acquire the Florida territory, .

             and he became a provisional governor of Florida that same year. .

             In 1822 the Tennessee Legislature nominated him for president .

             and the following year he was elected the U.S. senate. He also nearly .

             won the presidential campaign of 1824 however as a result of the .

             "corrupt bargain" with Henry Clay. Over the next four years the .

             current administration built a strong political machine with .

             nationalistic policies and a lack of concern of states rights. In 1828 .

             through a campaign filled with mud slinging on both sides, Andrew .

             Jackson became the seventh President to the United States. .

             Instead of the normal cabinet made up by the president, he .

             relied more on an informal group of newspaper writers and northern.

             politicians who had worked for his election. I believe that this made .

             him more in contact with the people of the United States, more in .

             contact with the public opinion and feelings toward national issues .

             President Jackson developed the system of "rotation in office." This .

             was used to protect the American people from a development of a .