The image of the common man rose  around 1828, during the formation and expansion of America.   The common man wanted to be heard,  and their voice represented.   The common man felt  that they were truly part of history, that their actions and decisions were all part of the process.  While there is a lot of truth to this, history was  being made step by step, their names are not remembered.  

 

 

President Andrew Jackson considered himself a representative of the "common man." Yet, his  he rose to a powerful political status and became more than just an average man.  History is written by more than one man, Andrew Jackson did play an important part in United States History, but he could not have done it himself.  The people behind him are what made him successful, the average men were all part of the system.  They are the ones that formed society, and help build the nation.  However, Andrew Jackson is the "victor of history" the leader of the movement and the one truly remembered. 





This textbook provides vast insight into Andrew Jackson's role as the representative of the common man: http://www.ushistory.org/us/24a.asp