“Andrew Jackson: One of the Greatest Presidents”
In the life of Andrew Jackson, much debate has caught the surface of whether his leadership skills were the best. Even since the beginning of Jackson’s life, he had to struggle. From growing up in a “Carolinian poverty to rising into a kind of frontier aristocracy” (Dougherty 1), showed the complexity of the type of man he was. As always, he made many successful political changes in the United States, such as helping in the creation of the Democratic party, helping the Native Americans have an established piece of land and helped by ending the national debt.
Jackson spent some time working as a lawyer, later “served in the House and briefly in Senate” (Dougherty 1) and was also a “commander and later major general of the …show more content…
Jackson’s Party convinced the French Government to sign for a reparations treaty. France eventually stopped the payments for years and King Louis Phillipe blamed the financial misfortunes of the country for it. “The president was deeply hurt that a treaty ratified three years ago was still not carried out.” They stated that “the United States was “wholly disappointed” with the French approach to the treaty of 1831” (Meacham 292). The French then pressured their government to not pay the United States until Jackson apologized for what he had said before. After giving the French some time to fall through and pay Jackson approached the French government again and ensured that what he had said before would not be reconsidered and that by him not saying so would be his apology. Eventually, “the popular forces bearing down on Louis Phillipe and his government may have helped him see the issue in more measured perspective…the conciliatory line of Jackson’s from December as apology enough, and the matter was settled: France would pay its debt” (Meacham
In the life of Andrew Jackson, much debate has caught the surface of whether his leadership skills were the best. Even since the beginning of Jackson’s life, he had to struggle. From growing up in a “Carolinian poverty to rising into a kind of frontier aristocracy” (Dougherty 1), showed the complexity of the type of man he was. As always, he made many successful political changes in the United States, such as helping in the creation of the Democratic party, helping the Native Americans have an established piece of land and helped by ending the national debt.
Jackson spent some time working as a lawyer, later “served in the House and briefly in Senate” (Dougherty 1) and was also a “commander and later major general of the …show more content…
Jackson’s Party convinced the French Government to sign for a reparations treaty. France eventually stopped the payments for years and King Louis Phillipe blamed the financial misfortunes of the country for it. “The president was deeply hurt that a treaty ratified three years ago was still not carried out.” They stated that “the United States was “wholly disappointed” with the French approach to the treaty of 1831” (Meacham 292). The French then pressured their government to not pay the United States until Jackson apologized for what he had said before. After giving the French some time to fall through and pay Jackson approached the French government again and ensured that what he had said before would not be reconsidered and that by him not saying so would be his apology. Eventually, “the popular forces bearing down on Louis Phillipe and his government may have helped him see the issue in more measured perspective…the conciliatory line of Jackson’s from December as apology enough, and the matter was settled: France would pay its debt” (Meacham