歷屆美國總統(tǒng)介紹:第7任總統(tǒng) 安德魯·杰克遜

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. He was born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767. His Irish-Scottish parents had immigrated to the USA from Ireland two years earlier. He was the youngest of three brothers but his father died three weeks before Jackson was born. He grew up in a very remote areaof the Virginian countryside.

安德魯·杰克遜（Andrew Jackson）是美國第七任總統(tǒng)。他1767年出生在北卡羅來納和南卡羅來納交界地的一個邊遠地區(qū)。他的父母是愛爾蘭裔蘇格拉人，于1765年之前移民到美國。杰克遜是三兄弟中最小的一個，他父親在他出生的三個星期前便去世了。他成長在維吉尼亞州的一個邊遠農(nóng)村里。

At the age of 13 he joined the American Revolution as a courier. He was the last U.S. Presidentto have fought in the Revolution. He was captured by the British and nearly starved to death.His mother died from Cholera in 1781, leaving Andrew an orphan at the age of 14. He began to study law in his late teens and became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee.

杰克遜13歲時加入美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭，擔(dān)任通信員，成為最后一位參加過美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭的美國總統(tǒng)。他曾被英國俘虜，當(dāng)時差點被餓死。安德魯?shù)哪赣H1781年死于霍亂，14歲的他便成了孤兒。他十八九歲時開始學(xué)習(xí)法律，成為了田納西州一名杰出的年輕律師。

Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion near Nashville. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in theSenate. He was a major general in the War of 1812 and became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans. This paved his way to political success and eventually thePresidency in 1829.

杰克遜當(dāng)時很富有。他在納什維爾附近建了一棟豪宅還買了奴隸。他是田納西州第一位被推選為的美國眾議院議員的人，他還曾在美國參議院擔(dān)任過短暫的職務(wù)。杰克遜是美國1812年戰(zhàn)爭的重要將領(lǐng)，曾在新奧爾良打敗英國，并因此成為美國的民族英雄。以上事跡都為他的政治生涯鋪平了道路，使他最終于1829年當(dāng)選為美國總統(tǒng)。

Jackson served two terms as President, from 1829 to 1837. He supported the idea of a smallfederal government with a powerful President. He was a leading advocate of removing NativeAmericans from the east of the country and his policy eradicated many tribes. He alsosupported slavery. In 1835, Jackson survived an assassination attempt. He died oftuberculosis and heart failure in 1845, aged 78.

杰克遜1829年至1837年連續(xù)擔(dān)任了兩屆美國總統(tǒng)職務(wù)。杰克遜支持“總統(tǒng)集權(quán)的聯(lián)邦制國家”，并且是搬遷美國東部印第安人的主要倡導(dǎo)者，該“搬遷政策”根除了許多印第安部落。他還支持奴隸制。杰克遜1835年遭遇刺殺，還好幸免于難。杰克遜1845年死于肺結(jié)核及心力衰竭，享年78歲。