Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), and the British at the Battle of New Orleans (1815). A polarizing figure who dominated the Second Party System in the 1820s and 1830s, as president he destroyed the national bank and relocated most Indian tribes from the Southeast to west of the Mississippi River. His enthusiastic followers created the modern Democratic Party. The 1830–1850 period later became known as the era of Jacksonian democracy.
Jackson was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness and aggressive personality; he fought in duels, some fatal to his opponents. He was a rich slaveholder, who appealed to the common men of the United States, and fought politically against what he denounced as a closed, undemocratic aristocracy. He expanded the spoils system during his presidency to strengthen his political base.
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Ambitious multipart PBS production that brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families. It traces their lives from John Adams early years as a colonial Boston attorney to the rise in prominence of Brookes Adams in the fields of political and social philosophy. This mini looks into their triumphs and tragedies, exploring their genius and profound social conscience.
Keywords: ambassador, american-history, american-revolution, character-name-in-title, court-of-saint-james, declaration-of-independence, diplomat, future-president, historian, james-monroe
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Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Keywords: 1840s, apache, bird's-eye-shot, bow-and-arrow, cattleman, comanche, courage, duel, dueling-pistol-set, female-reporter
The Battle for Texas and the Battle of the Sexes!
It's Big In Love and Action!
Devereaux Burke: Texas is a lot bigger than most all the states of the union, and grows beautiful women too.
Sam Houston: What brings you beyond the Pecos?::Thomas Craden: [Confronting Houston and Burke] I was chasing a renegade but instead I found two!
Devereaux Burke: Put it this way - I've always had a wandering foot. This is the first time I've ever wanted a woman.::Minniver Bryan: [Taking him literally] What?::Devereaux Burke: Hear me out. This is the first time I've ever wanted a woman to be my wife.
Devereaux Burke: [to Martha] You're a strange woman but still a lot of woman.
Tom Crockett: [to Craden] You're a fool, Tom, but a fool with courage.
Devereaux Burke: [Looking at Martha] I call her a lot of woman.::Thomas Craden: She's all that!
Devereaux Burke: [to Jackson] If I'm going to risk my neck again, I want to come out of it this time with something more than glory.
Bud Yoakum: Sir, I thought you said a smart man knows when to quit.::Devereaux Burke: Who says I'm smart?
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It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal - Peggy to most that know her - is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love. Because of her personal situation at the time, she, in 1828, becomes the unofficial first lady to help her old friend - "old" both in terms of age and length of time - Andrew Jackson, who has just been elected President of the United States. Jackson and Peggy have the same political outlook, where the union of the states is paramount, especially when many states see their rights as being more important than the union. Jackson had a rough ride during the election in large part because his wife, Rachel Jackson, was seen as a pipe smoking hayseed, unfit to live in the White House. On her deathbed, Rachel asked Peggy to take care of Jackson. Peggy, as unofficial first lady, gets as rough a ride as Rachel did, because of her own marital status and the undue influence she may assert over Jackson. Because of her relationship with Jackson, Peggy has to decide which of the conflicting issues of her political convictions, being with the man she truly loves or respectability is of greatest priority in her life.
Keywords: andrew-jackson, based-on-novel, dancing, gossip, innkeeper, marriage, marriage-proposal, martin-van-buren, murder, party