Whereas past presidents grew political power through family background, landed wealth in the initial thirteen colonies, and education, Jackson’s humble background in Tennessee turned his climb to the presidency a compelling metaphor for the self-reliance of the common man.
As well, during his presidency, white men without land attained the right to vote, and consequently more political power.
They fought for the land so they could live in it, not so they could give it to the Native Americans (whom which the colonists didnt like so much back then)
