Andrew Jackson's Triumph Of Democracy

A man named Andrew Jackson was born in 1767 on the South Carolina frontier. At a very young age, Jackson illustrated his courage and bravery which will make him an outstanding role model in the future. Young Jackson provided his time as a courier for a patriotic force during the War of Independence. While serving in the forces, he was caught and imprisoned by the British Forces. During the imprisonment of Jackson, he was almost killed due to the fact he did not want to polish the British officer’s boots. Jackson cursed and hated the British Forces that he was all alone throughout his early ages in life. As Jackson continued to live through his life, at the age of twenty-one, he moved to Tennessee where he studied law. After surrounding his life to local politics, he won the election to the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 1790’s. After winning the election, he later became a judge on the state supreme court. His leadership throughout his …show more content…
America’s dignity heavily falls on being the world’s oldest democracy. During the nineteenth century, democracy meant for male suffrage. However, a few Latin American nations expanded the right to vote for free blacks and indigenous population before the United States. During the triumph of democracy, many laws were being placed on this expansion of democracy in the states. For example, men who could not meet the requirements insisted that they were as fit as others to exercise the rights of citizens. Those who were free and participated in the constitution of their political institutions had the right to vote without any restrictions. But during that time, only North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Virginia refused the idea of letting free people to vote without the proper requirements. Eventually all states accepted the idea of free voting, but Rhode Island still