The Cherokees might even have realized that advantage had it not been for the militia leader they fought under: Andrew Jackson ... the Cherokees’ council in Calhoun, just northeast of what ...

John Calhoun. Britain and France both tried to keep the United States from freely trading with the other. In 1830, however, Jackson negotiated an exchange of shipping rights with the British West ...

At age 13, Andrew Jackson joined the Continental Army and discovered a future in the military. Promoted to general during the War of 1812, Jackson became a national war hero after a stunning ...