"Andrew Jackson was a patriot and a traitor. He was the greatest of generals, and wholly ignorant of the art of war. He was the most candid of men, and capable of the profoundest dissimulation. He was a democratic autocrat, an urbane savage, an atrocious saint."
~James Parton, Jackson's first biographer, 1859
Conclusion
Andrew Jackson drastically changed the lives of American Indians and American settlers and the effect of his actions are still existent today. Some view him as a great protector who defended the settlers of the United States from the Red Stick Indians and responsibly did what was necessary to expand the United States. Others view Jackson as a traitor, who took away the rights of those who allied with him the same way he took the rights of those who fought against him.
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Native American Lands Over Time
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What are the results of these events today?
"How you judge this period in our history hinges on what you think about race, about the plight of Native Americans, about corporate capitalism...about democracy in practice and whether it really works or not."
~Daniel Feller, historian