National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ... had it not been for the militia leader they fought under: Andrew Jackson. As a boy in the 1770s, Jackson had listened to stories of Indian ...

Andrew, then thirteen years ... as corrupt or generally inept. One of Jackson’s goals was to stabilize government finances. His spending controls combined with an increased revenue allowed him to pay ...

In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...