Why did Andrew Jackson have great "distaste" for the British?
A. His brother died of smallpox while in British captivity.
B. He was slashed by a British sword.
C. His entire family died due to the war with the British.
D. All of the above.
During the American Revolutionary War, Andrew and his brother Robert Jackson were captured by the British and held as prisoners of war; they nearly starved to death in captivity. When Andrew refused to clean the boots of a British officer, the irate redcoat slashed at him with a sword, giving him scars on his left hand and head, as well as an intense hatred for the British. While imprisoned, the brothers contracted smallpox. Robert died a few days after their mother secured their release. Jackson's entire immediate family died from war-related hardships which Jackson blamed on the British, and he was orphaned by age 14.