Primary Sources:

Jackson, Andrew: Indian Talk: From the President of the United States to the Creek Indians

Secondary Sources:

Brown, Dee: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. Henry Holt and Company: New York, NY (2007).

This book provided an overview of Native American history from Columbus to the late eighteen hundreds. I looked at all of the pictures of Native leaders to help give me ideas of a project topic. We also got some information about Andrew Jackson.

“Trail of Tears” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html  (last visited March 4, 2009).

This website gave us information about the Trail of Tears. We also got looked at the pictures that were provided on the webpage.

“Indian Removal Act” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html (last visited March 4, 2009).

This gave us information about how the Indian Removal Act had happened and also what caused it. This also provided some pictures.

“About North Georgia: The Trail of Tears” http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html (last visited March 6, 2009).

We got more information about the Trail of Tears from this website. We also got some history about the reactions of the tribes that were involved in it.

“Legend of the Cherokee Rose” http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html (last visited March 6, 2009).

We read about the Cherokee Rose in this website. It talked about symbolism about this flower, and what it meant to the Cherokee during the Trail of Tears.

“Biography of Andrew Jackson” http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson/ (last visited March 6, 2009).

This gave us a brief history of Andrwe Jackson’s life. We got some information about Andrew Jackson before he becamse president.

“American President: Andrew Jackson” http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jackson (last visited March 6, 2009).

This gave us the most basic facts on Andrew Jackson. This really helped us start our project because of the small facts, but it also gave us some more in depth information.

“Andrew Jackson” http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/nc/bio/public/Jackson.htm (last visited March 6, 2009).

This website gave us information on Jackson’s presidency. It also gave information about other parts of Jackson’s life.

“Andrew Jackson: American General” http://www.napoleonguide.com/soldiers_jackson.htm (last visited March 6, 2009).

This website had only a little information we could use, but the information it gave us was very useful. It talked about Andrew Jackson during the period in life in which he was a General.

“A Pirate, A Marshal, and the Battle of New Orleans” www.usmarshals.gov/history/duplessis/04.html (last visited March 6, 2009).

This had information about what Andrew Jackson did during the War of 1812. This also told us about how Andrew won the Battle of New Orleans.

“Florida Governors' Portraits - Andrew Jackson” http://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/collections/governors/about.cfm?id=1 (last visited March 6, 2009). 

This webpage had no information about Andrew Jackson or what he did as governor of Florida. This site was still useful because we used the picture that was Jackson’s portrait.