Andrew Jackson: A Common Man?

Question: Andrew Jackson: A Common Man!?

Need some ideas on why Andrew Jackson was a common man during his presidency!.

One of the ideas I thought up was the vetoing of the U!.S Bank!. Beyond that, I cannot find any good evidence on why he was!. Any ideas are appreciated!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Very much so!. Jackson was born into a improvised Scotch-Irish family!. His father died before he was born!. His parents came straight from Ireland to South Carolina!. His mother turned to better off relatives for help!. Jackson was a teenage soldier in the Revolution!. As young as thirteen!. He was beaten and slashed with a saber by an arrogant British officer for refusing to shine his boots!. Taken prisoner confined in a cattle pen and nearly died from small pox!. He once had a shot at British colonel Banastarre Tarleton!. He passed it up because he was carrying important dispatches, but regretted it the rest of his life!. His mother died nursing American prisoners of war in the British prison hulks!. She was buried in an unmarked grave with the other dead in the tidal flats near by!. After the war Jackson received a small inheritance when his grandfather in Ireland died!. he went to Charleston and was basically swindled of it by upper class "friends" in gambling and wild life!. The friends disappeared when he was broke!. Jackson turned to law and became a lawyer!. Then a self made man in Tennessee!. All his life Jackson hated the British and upper crust snobs!. Many of his actions in both the military and politics have to be seen with that in mind!. His attitude toward the north eastern elites and southern coastal elites very much comes from this!. In his last interview before death a reporter asked Jackson if he had any regrets in life!. Yes, Jackson replied, I have two!. I regret I did not shoot Henry Clay and hang John C!. Calhoun!. He died weeks later!.Www@QuestionHome@Com