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
Charlotte used the school as the basis for Lowood School in Jane Eyre. At home in Haworth Parsonage, BrontÃ« acted as the motherly friend and guardian of her younger sisters. BrontÃ« wrote her first known poem at the age of 13 in 1829, and was to go on to write more than 200 poems in the course of her life.