A time line of the rise of the Jacksonian Era from 1824-1837.
From website introduction: Beginning with the Continental Congress in 1774, America's national legislative bodies have kept records of their proceedings. The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress make up a rich documentary history…
This is a seminar led by Robert Remini is about changes that occurred in America during the age of Jackson. From the Teaching American History website: The focus of the seminar will be the evolutionary changes that occurred in American…
A mild satire on Jackson and his Cabinet, portraying in imaginative terms a White House reception of popular French dancer and actress Madame Celeste. Seated in chairs in a White House parlor are six cabinet members. In the center Jackson…
In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades, H.W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in. An orphan at a young age and without formal…
In The Market Revolution, one of America's most distinguished historians offers a major reinterpretation of a pivotal moment in United States history. Based on impeccable scholarship and written with grace and style, this volume provides a sweeping political and social…
As an engaging and persuasive survey of American public life from 1816 to 1848, Harry L. Watson's Liberty and Power remains a landmark achievement. Now updated to address twenty-five years of new scholarship, the book brilliantly interprets the exciting political…
Jacksonian America, 1815-1848 Image1048|thumbnail|260px|center|Andrew Jackson Introduction Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) is often regarded at the father of the modern presidency. A man of enormous energy, vigor, and ambition, he was the first president who was born into poverty to rise to…