Okay now I want to yap. My friend really likes Andrew Jackson, and I want to criticize him.
First of all Andrew was a "self made man", yes I don't say anything about that. But that's the only good traits that he has.
Okay now the actual criticism.
1. He was thinking of himself as the king. And what i mean by that is taht he went against the national bank and practically killed it by himself; he didn't go to Congress not other branches to approve the choice he just did it himself- like a king.
2.Andrew didn't respect Native Americans at all, which led to the famous "Trail of tears" to happen. He blamed the Natives on the fact that Georgians were angry at them, and said a lot of times that Natives are "uncivilized and foolish". He also ignored the previous treaties with the Native Americans and funded their removal.
3. Strongly supported slavery. He himself owned 161 slaves and many times abused him which was recorded in his journals and other papers. He also banned abolitionist from delivering their ideas and basically called them "wicked" for trying to bring change.
Okay I'm done. Love u all. <3