AMH 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Peggy Eaton
1 Mar 2020
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Battle of new orleans - became popular by leading battle of no. Invasion of florida - slaves escaped from alabama, georgia, etc. to florida where spain had outlawed slavery. Andrew jackson said he had a letter from the president to invade florida but James monroe, the president at the time, said he didn"t tell jackson to do that. Jackson found a collection of escaped slaves (maroon encampment) and destroyed their fort. Headed to st. augustine, found a few europeans sellings guns to natives and he executed them. Later, spain asks us if they want to buy florida for mil. Elections - loses to john quincy adams in 1824, even though he had more votes. Jackson creates the democratic party, it was only created to get aj elected as. Fancy president man, the scholar, the considerate leader. Like ew gross king george kind of king. Veto - jackson used this a lot, more than any president combined.
