Jacksonian democrats believed in the principles of the Constitution and defended the ideals of an equal America. In this time period, only the wealthy and the powerful were represented. However, the Jacksonian democrats wanted to change that into a government that represents all the people of America. They also believed that “it is their duty to use every constitutional means to reform the abuses of such a government and to provide new guards for their future security.”(Doc A)

To fulfill that duty, Jackson did just that. He used constitutional means to reform society as it was into what it should be, what all of their forefathers fought for.

The Bank of United States, established by Hamilton in 1791, was disliked and distrusted by Jackson. The b

Actions with good intentions never, in all cases, go as planned or without flaw. Such is the case here. The Jacksonian Democrats believed in the Constitution and the ideals of America such as political democracy, individual liberty, and the equality of economic opportunity. Though they did not completely fulfill and accomplish guarding those ideals, they did to a more greater extent than lesser.

ank was controlled by the wealthy investors and only used by and served to the rich. It enjoyed “an exclusive privilege of banking…almost a monopoly of the foreign and domestic exchange.”(Doc B) Jackson also believed that the bank had a “concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people.” and that there weren’t any modifications to the bank charter to “make it compatible with justice… or with the Constitution of our country.”

Doc H also shows how in 1837, there were steps taken towards equality of economic opportunity. In this document Taney is administering a case of the Charles River Bridge vs Warren Bridge. Taney recognizes this case as capitalistic case and that the competition would be good for the economy relating to the bridges.

Conversely, Harriet also states that she “had been less than three weeks in the country” showing that she was in America for a very short time. In that short amount of time she could not have seen many areas of America, thus her reports of America are not completely accurate.

The same can also be said for the Indians, who also suffered because they were not considered citizens of America. To Jackson, the Indian

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