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10 Things That Impacted Andrew Jackson’s Life

1. His father died a few weeks before he was born.
2. He joined the army when he was 13.
3. A British Officer struck him with a sword when he was young after he refused to clean his boots.  It left a scar on him for life.
4. Andrew’s father and brothers died from serious diseases when he was still very young.
5. His mother left to be an army nurse when Andrew was little leaving him to be an orphan.
6. He was raised by his two uncles after his mother died when he was 14.
7. While he was in the war he and one of his brothers were captured for 2 weeks.
8. He received his elementary education, but he also had private tutors.
9. He was said to have a temper and very little patients.
10.  Andrew Jackson owned slaves because he was raised in the south.

http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/Lasalle/stretch/sixth/jackson/childhood.htm

http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/nc/bio/public/jackson.htm#Childhood

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/andrewjackson/p/pjackson.htm

http://www.facts-about.org.uk/american-president-andrew-jackson.htm