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Andrew Jackson gets the dubious honor to be the first Leader with an assassination make an effort made upon his life. Picture this: 63-year-old Andrew Jackson is walking across the Capitol Rotunda. Richard Lawrence, an unemployed house painter, steps to leading of the public. He fires two pistol shots into the Leader. By good fortune, both pistols misfire. The ageing Jackson charges the attempted assassin, beating him to the ground with his cane. Jackson was no stranger to loss of life or weapons. In his life span he fought three duels, faced down the Creek Indians, and eventually fought the ultimate battle of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. Thomas Jefferson had written: I feel quite definitely alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He's one of the very most unfit men I know of for the place. He has already established very little value for laws and regulations or constitutions, and is, in simple fact, an able armed service key. His passions are dreadful. He has been much tried since I knew him, but he is an unhealthy man. Through the 1828 Presidential advertising campaign Jackson's opponents got to phoning him jackass. Being the bad-ass he was Jackson liked the idea, and used it as his own for a while. Years later the donkey was followed as the icon of the Democratic Get together. This short guide will tell you all you have to to know to understand the Jacksonian Time in America... although you may know absolutely nothing about the SC Nullifiers, the National Bank Turmoil, or Indian Removal. In less than an hour, you'll learn all you have to to know to impress friends and family about Andrew Jackson, the Struggle of New Orleans, the Creek and Seminole Indian Wars, and much more.
