What happened to Andrew Jackson when he was eight years old?

Answer 1

I suspect your teacher meant 13 or 14, not eight.

Answer 2

http://www.facts-about.org.uk/american-president-andrew-jackson.htm

Answer 3

Jackson was born in 1767. Eight years later was 1775. What happened on July 4, 1775?

Answer 4

14 year old Andrew Jackson and his older brother Robert were captured by British soldiers in the Battle of Hanging Rock.

Answer 5

Though the Fourth of July is almost iconic to Americans, some claim the date itself is somewhat arbitrary. New Englanders had been fighting Britain since April 1775.

Answer 6

Ooops -- I was off by a year. Of course, the Revolutionary War started when Jackson was 8.