Quincy Jones

He worked with secretary John Quincy Adams to form an aggressive, and solid foreign policy in regard to European affairs. In the beginning, the Monroe administration wanted to improve their relations with Britain. Towards the end of the process, it negotiated two main agreements with…

John Quincy Adams was an ardent expansionist. What actions did he support to help the United States become the “first and mightiest nation in the world”? While James Monroe’s secretary of state he drafted part of the Monroe Doctrine which “would oppose any further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas” (Foner 386) This would ensure that the U.S would not get involved in any further conflicts with European powers whilst expanding westward as well as establishing diplomatic…

Chapter three is titled ‘Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal Capitalism’. The starting point of the chapter is speaking about how Andrew Jackson became important on the Tennessee frontier. It says that he was born on a farm in the Carolinas, and he lacked much education. During his teen years he was interested in gambling. When not doing this, though, he studied the law. Jackson worked for creditors, which gained him gratitude from merchants. He later accepted an appointment as a public…

Born during a time of uncertainty and rebellion, Andrew Jackson rose up amongst the chaos and first became a war hero, and later, the seventh president of the United States. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15th, 1767, to Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson in the Waxhaws region. Although the exact location of the Waxhaws region is unknown due to the lack of the border being surveyed, it is believed that it was somewhere along the border of North and South Carolina. Unfortunately, Jackson’s father died…

Francis Marion was born on February 26, 1732, he was one of six children. His mother and father were Gabriel and Charlotte Marion. He was born on his parents’ plantation and lived there for the first five years of his life in Berkley County, South Carolina. Then his family settled down on a plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina. Although he wasn’t very educated, he was one of the great partisan leaders of the American Revolutionary War, also known as the War for Independence. He was…

In winning the presidency in 1828, Andrew Jackson secured over fifty percent of the popular vote. If I had lived in the 1820’s, I would have voted for Andrew Jackson because he appealed to the common people, and was considered a hero for his actions in the war of 1812. Despite some of the unpopular actions Andrew Jackson took like the Indian Removal Act, I would still have voted for him because I would be unaware that he would support such law at the time of voting. First of all, if I had…

Andrew Jackson had a great victory in 1828 when he won the presidential election. He obviously had a very powerful political campaign because he had 70% of the casted votes. His message stayed the same as it was in 1824, but it had more intensity. Jackson said the nation was tainted by “special privilege.” Jackson claimed distinction with his military career that included the Revolutionary War and his big moment in the Battle of New Orleans in the end of the War of 1812. Jackson’s presidency…

GEORGE WASHINGTON Have you ever wondered about that old guy on your one dollar bill? Who he is and what has he done to deserve that place on the dollar? Well that old guy is George Washington, and most people know him as our first president. But if you dig a little deeper and did more research you would find out that George Washington was so much more. Let’s go back to George’s early life, before he was ever a general or our president. George was born on February 22,…

Even though Andrew Jackson had enemies, he still cared for all Americans. Andrew Jackson wanted to become president so he could create a government where people would be heard. While campaigning in 1824-1828, he said he would listen to the people. He was then elected President in 1828 and re-elected in 1832. Democratic means that all branches of the government need to follow the wishes of all people. How democratic was Andrew Jackson? Andrew Jackson was democratic because he wanted diversity of…

history or just my previous teachers never thought it was important to speak about John Quincy Adams. I have vaguely heard his name in my history classes but I never knew much about it. For example, and in all honesty, I never thought Adams was a president of our nation. As I read on this very surprisingly intriguing person, I learned a lot about the failures and successes he had as president. When John Quincy Adams was a little kid he grew up on a farm. His parents had high hopes for him, they…