Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. In the light of the following documents and your knowledge of the 1820s and 1830s. To what extent do you agree with the Jacksonian view of themselves U.S. president Andrew Jackson and his followers of the Democratic party created the political doctrine referred as Jacksonian Democracy, which is an expansion of Thomas Jefferson’s previous established democratic principles. Encouraging the strength of the executive branch, Jacksonian Democracy was established at the expense of the Congressional power. Democrats encouraged the idea of the common man and believed in the giving power to all white men rather than the prosperous nobles. Jackson and his followers believed in rotating many common men through office to allow active participation in government. Jackson’s presidency highlighted individualism disregarding persons’ background and education level. Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as promoters of the underdogs and creators of equal opportunities. Jacksonian Democrats were, to a great extent, the guardians of the United States Constitution and political democracy. To some degree, they were promoters of individual liberty, while lacking as the promoters of economic opportunity. Much like Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson had a rigid interpretation of the US Constitution which encouraged the guardianship of his followers, the Jacksonian Democrats. During Jackson’s presidency, he used his veto power twelve times, which was more than the ten vetoes of all previous presidents combined. The reasoning for many vetoes of unconstitutional laws was, in result, to uphold and protect the United States Constitution. For example, Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States. On July 10, 1832, in his veto message, he stated, “I sincerely regret that in the act before me, I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the Constitution of our country" (Doc B). Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as unconstitutional and a “money monster”, supporting his reasoning of executing his veto power. Instead of a federalized bank, he favored the use of pet banks. On July 11, 1832, in response to Jackson’s veto, Daniel Webster stated, “It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich; it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for the purpose of turning against them the prejudices and the resentments of the other classes" (Doc C). Jackson’s main opponent in congress was Senator Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. In knowledge of Jackson’s opposition of the Second Bank, they hoped to create a popular rivalry against Jackson that year. In anticipation, they hoped for support among Democrats who favored the bank therefore preventing Jackson from vetoing. However, Jackson did veto the bill, causing Webster to accuse Jackson of being antagonizing and a coward of political gain. He believed Jackson wanted to do away with the Second Bank based on personal reasons rather than the concern of being unconstitutional. However, in the long run, Jackson was accurate about the corruption of the bank in the instance of Nicholas Biddle, President, of Bank of the United States. He lent money as well as bribed to keep the bank’s positive ratings with the press. The removal of the United States Bank minimized the federal corruption. Also, Jackson used his power of veto toward the Maysville Road Bill. Jackson was antagonistic toward federally funded roads and canals within states. In 1820, he vetoed the bill for improvement because it was not an interstate road. The protection of the constitution increased because Jackson denied the federal funds for road construction within a state preserving the states’ rights. Jackson and his followers were