Andrew Jackson: How the President Became the King

President Andrew Jackson’s story is the first I'm telling in a series on Presidential History and the expanding role of the executive branch. In order to understand future Presidencies, like those of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, LBJ, or Trump, you need to know Andrew Jackson. This video explains Jackson’s time in the White House, from the Nullification crisis and the National Bank War, to the Indian Removal Act. Sources below. Enjoy! My main source was American Lion by Jon Meacham and his endless research at the Hermitage has been an invaluable help in crafting this video.

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Book Sources:
American Lion by Jon Meacham
The Anti-Federalist Papers & the Constitutional Convention Debates, edited by Ralph Ketcham
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

Internet Sources:
Alexander hamilton, American By Richard Brookhiser pg76
The Papers of Andrew Jackson Volume VII, 1829. Pg 112

Photo/music Attribution:
Choctaw Trail of Tears, G. Colman Lester. Photo by Thomas R Machnitzki
CC Trail of Tears Women Sam Watts-Scott, Photo by Thomas R Machnitzki
Map reference: Own work by Nikater, submitted to the public domain. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 4: History of Indian-White Relations
White House Vector by pixelradius
1828 Map By Cg-realms, AndyHogan14 (original)Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Many photos came from the Library of Congress
Many Vector images came from Pixabay
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

[iammrbeat]

Way to quote American Lion! This was a rich video with a much deeper understanding of the Jackson presidency that we usually don't get on YouTube. Thanks for all of your hard work in putting together another masterpiece.

[MrTripi]

"The bank is trying to kill me. But I shall kill it"
- I laughed way too hard at this quote.

[randsinger]

"I could start an open shootout on a crowded street and I wouldn't lose any votes"- Donald Trump or Andrew Jackson

[razvanmargineanu]

Although I am not an american nor have I ever stepped foot in your country your history lesson is amazing. Congratulations for a captivating story.

[BenMonroe]

I took an entire semester of Jacksonian history in college and I still don't know what to think about the man.

[sophiaisbased]

"It's treason then"
-Andrew Jackson

[jimeenconlan]

Very very impressive. One of the best made political history videos I think I've ever seen on YouTube, the storytelling with the clearly well studied material, well done

[Lothar]

In a few years you'll have to do the "How the President Became the God Emperor: Donald J. Trump

[jamesmiddleton]

I'm trying to formulate a constitution which adequately seperates the powers of government between three coequal seperate branches, but this one President keeps kicking my ass.

[NameExplain]

Dude it's 12:30 in the UK and I was hoping to go to bed before 1am, there goes that plan...

[corocorascringechannel]

"This man was, of course, Alexander Hamilton"

Of course it was Alexander Hamilton.

[Bronxguyanese]

If Trump wants to be Andrew Jackson, he needs to abolish the federal Reserve.

[eyelevel]

"A democratically elected tyranny is the worst tyranny of all."

[wordwatcher]

I like how this guy trusts his audience to digest the facts themselves instead of telling them what they should think. It's sad that that is so rare.

[johntitor]

Wow sounds just like [INSERT PERSON I DON'T LIKE] ammrite [INSERT PEOPLE I LIKE]

[raaaaaaaaaam]

Andrew Jackson reduced the debt to zero.

[jarehelt]

He didn't just pay down the national debt! He is the ONLY president to completely pay off the National debt! how about we vote for that again?

[lquinn]

Excellent video. You were very even and unbiased which makes it a worthwhile learning experience. I am looking forward to the rest of the videos in this series.

[andypanda]

If I had someone making history this interesting in the 60 ' s when I was in school, I would have paid more attention. Looking forward to listening to more of these.

[Phrenotopia]

Well made video! It is funny how some of this parallels early Roman history a bit. The citizens of Rome had rid themselves of their Etruscan overlords and vowed never to be ruled by a "tyrant" again, which is why they made the city state a republic. Up to the time of Julius Caesar, the Roman senators remained paranoid about a new "tyrant" seizing power once more. Funnily enough, somehow Rome slipped into an monarchical Empire nonetheless.

PS: I love the indigo background! :-D