... better themselves looked to Jackson for leadership. Prior to his presidency, Jackson was very active in war and politics. At the tender age of thirteen he became an orderly and messenger in the mounted militia of South Carolina where he took part in the battle of Hanging Rock against the British. By age fourteen and without any immediate family he took ... Bank of the United States. Although this was to a large extent a privately owned bank, it had a government charter to regulate the flow of currency, control credit, and perform essential banking services for the Department of the Trea...

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