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
1 Alice Wood: Jane's maid when she is mistress of the girls' village school in Morton. 2  John Eyre: Jane's paternal uncle, who leaves her his vast fortune and wished to adopt her when she was 15.he novel begins with the titular character Jane Eyre living with her maternal uncle's family, the Reeds, as a result of her uncle's dying wish. The novel starts when Jane is ten years old and several years after her parents died of typhus.