Creek War - Battles of the Creek War, People of the Creek War, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Fort Deposit, Alabama, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Battles of the Creek War, People of the Creek War, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Fort Deposit, Alabama, Treaty of Fort Jackson, James White, Major Ridge, Benjamin Hawkins, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Josiah Ogden Watson, Fort Mims massacre, William Cocke, John Coffee, William Weatherford, Gilbert C. Russell, George Colbert, George Rockingham Gilmer, Battle of Burnt Corn, Battle of Holy Ground, Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek, Ephraim H. Foster, Red Sticks, George Mayfield, Fort Sinquefield, John E. Coffee, William Barton Wade Dent, Battle of Talladega, David Jackson Bailey, Julius Caesar Alford, Battle of Tallushatchee, James Meriwether, Menawa, Joel Crawford, Canoe Fight, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Daniel Newnan, 39th Infantry Regiment, Samuel Butts, Fort Stoddert, John Floyd, James Lauderdale, Fort Strother, Lemuel P. Montgomery, Peter McQueen, Joseph M. Wilcox, Battle of Callabee Creek, Federal Road, William Butler. Excerpt: Creek War War of 1812 First Seminole WarConquest of Florida Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans (1815) and the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814). A polarizing figure who dominated the Second Party System in the 1820s and 1830s, he destroyed the national bank and relocated most Indian tribes to the west. His enthusiastic followers created the modern Democratic Party, and the 1830-1850 period later became known as the era of Jacksonian democracy. Jackson was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness and aggressive personality that produced numerous duels, some fatal. He was a rich slave owner who appealed to the masses of Americans and...