Elsa's excellent drawing of A.J.

Andrew Jackson was our 7th president. He was most famous in his presidency for his battle with the bank to get money for the country. This was the bank of the U.S.A. He finally won. People had real money. His presidency ended well and he is still remembered often today.

            He was born march 15, 1767. When he was 13 he joined the American Revolution as a message carrier. He had a very terrible experience there, his brother died while fighting in the battle, and his mother died while helping American prisoners. He got a scar on his forehead because he refused to shine the shoes of a British officer. He would always hate the British because of these experiences.

            When he was a young man he became a country lawyer on frontier land in Tennessee. He then became the leader of a militia, also called a citizen’s army.  He  fought VERY HORIBBLE fights with the Indians. His nickname was Old Hickory because he was skinny and tough like a piece of hickory wood.

            The battle of 1812 was when the British invaded the country again, and Andrew fought them off this time also. The British were better trained and had better weapons but Andrew’s army won. Over 2000 British were killed but only 13 Americans were killed. Winning this battle is probably the thing he’s most famous for.

            He went on to be a very popular president, in fact he was so popular that they put his picture on the 20 dollar bill. He was also the first president anyone tried to assassinate. He would fight duels if anyone insulted his wife’s honor.

            He died at age 78 in 1845.