Battle of Baltimore. On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on England, then the greatest power on earth, to preserve Free Trade and Sailors' Rights.. The British, while at war with France, had interfered with U.S. trade and had boarded American ships to force sailors into service on their ships.
Themes: Childhood and children's literature, The novel 1832 - 1880. Drawing on childrenâs literature, educational texts and Charlotte BronteâbrontÃ« s own childhood, Experience Professor Sally shuttleworth looks at the passionate and defiant child Of Jane. eyre
In 1811, Sense and Sensibility became the first published novel of the English author Jane Austen (1775-1817). At this point, Austen was still living in the home of her father, George Austen, a local Anglican rector and the father of eight children.