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
Comments Share. First released in the UK in 1943 and America in 1944, Jane Eyre is an American adaptation of Charlotte BrontÃ«âs novel of the same name released by 20th Century Fox and starring Joan Fontaine as Jane Eyre and Orson Welles as Mr. Rochester.