Jackson Essay Throughout history there have been many rulers or leaders who have acted on their own ideas without the consent of the people. Our Founding Fathers set up a nation government following our independence to oppose that. They felt that the people should have a say in their government. It would take 50 years, but they finally elected a people's president by the name of Andrew Jackson. How is it that our country could evolve …
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…trying to gain all the power into his own hands. Since his death, historians have looked at Jackson as very controversial. He was an aggressive, charismatic, and intimidating person. He is either disliked or liked, but almost all historians will agree that he was great president. Jackson took on a more heroic character as a leader of frontiersmen who in the end made life better for the common man, and the nation as a whole.