A Fact Sheet
- Institutionalized the spoils system, a curse on American government to this day?
- Formed the infamous "Kitchen Cabinet", an unoffical group of advisors to the President, setting the pattern for influence peddling in government?
- Caused the Depression of 1834 and the Panic of 1837 by his monetary policies, especially by his opposition to the Bank of the United States, a forerunner of the Federal Reserve?
- Invaded Spanish Florida without authorization, creating an international crisis? The Congress and the cabinet debated censure against Jackson.
- Started the First Seminole War during his invasion of Florida?
- Ordered the removal of all Indians to west of the Mississippi, the first example of concentration camps and genocide?
- Burned many Creek Indian villages in a six month massacre, 1813 - 1814?
- Destroyed "Negro Fort" and its inhabitants, a community of free Blacks on the Apalachicola River in Spanish Florida that served as a haven for runaway slaves?
- Executed Arbuthnot and Armbrister, two British traders at St. Marks, Florida. Although there was no evidence, Jackson believed they were plotting with the native Indians.
- Executed Creek Indian Chief Francis the Prophet at St. Marks, Florida even though he was no threat to anyone.
Andrew Jackson was no friend to the Native American Indians. His name will always be remembered by the American Indian as one of the worst personifications of evil ever to inhabit North America.
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