Volume 20 of the
Chronicles of America Series
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Allen Johnson, Editor
Assistant Editors
Gerhard R. Lomer
Charles W. Jefferys
Textbook Edition
Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.
New York: United States Publishers Association, Inc.
Copyright, 1919
by Yale University Press
Printed in the United States of America
| Chapter | Chapter Title | Page |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Jackson the Frontiersman | 1 |
| II. | The Creek War and the Victory of New Orleans | 23 |
| III. | The “Conquest” of Florida | 45 |
| IV. | The Death of “King Caucus” | 68 |
| V. | The Democratic Triumph | 95 |
| VI. | The “Reign” Begins | 113 |
| VII. | The Webster-Hayne Debate | 137 |
| VIII. | Tariff and Nullification | 158 |
| IX. | The War on the United States Bank | 181 |
| X. | The Removal of the Southern Indians | 201 |
| XI. | The Jacksonian Succession | 217 |
| Bibliographical Note | 237 | |
| Index | 241 |
Among the thousands of stout-hearted British subjects who decided to try their fortune in the Western World after the signing of the Peace of Paris in 1763 was one Andrew Jackson, a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian of the tenant class, sprung from a family l