Wadsworth Longfellow's Story: The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls

Massachusetts and Virginia was the two states he influenced because of their size and population. On January 9, 1788, John was the

Andrew 's father died a few days after Andrew 's birth and his mother died shortly after he returned from the revolutionary war, left to confront the world on his own. It took until he was 17 for him to improve his self-discipline and he began to study law. During the year he turned 29 he was elected for both Tennessee 's first representative in the U.S. house of representatives and elected for the U.S. Senate. He was considered a hero to

It is said that hid works had been inspired by an event in Byron 's life. Byron’s influences are shown in the volumes Poe wrote. Many volumes that he wrote were also based on his live and the events he went through. Such as the poem “Virginia” he wrote after his wife’s death. Byron is still considered one of the greatest British poets who remains widely read and influential to people today, along with Poe.

William Larrabee, son of Adam Larrabee, and Hannah Nee Lester was born on January 20, 1832. William was in a family of 9 brothers and sisters. Larrabee is said to be one of Iowa’s greatest politician and person. When William was around 15 he lost his right on in a shooting accident. Because of this William was denied to fight in the Civil War.

Matthew Henson faced tragedies as a child. I know this because of a biography written off him, which talked about “American Explorer Matthew Henson who was born on August 8 1866 in Charles Lantry Maryland, the son of two freeborn sharecroppers. Henson lost his mother at the age of three” (bibliography) This evidence supports that he was born, a free sharecropper and lost his mother 3 years later. Which is very sad at a young age.

On January 14,1741, Benedict Arnold was born to a well off family. A sea-captain and merchant for a father and a widow for a mother. Arnold throughout his life has had to make hard decisions, for in 1752, at age eleven, Arnold was sent away to boarding school. Arnold

After his mother married Johnny Bundy, they had several kids. It seemed as though, Ted grew up in a content, working-family. No matter how much Johnny tried to include Ted into things, Ted never was able to get close to his step-father, nor anyone of his half-siblings. He would even insist on calling Johnny, John.

Christian Martin November 2, 2015 Upton Sinclair’s Effect on the Progressive Movement Upton Sinclair Jr. was born on September 20, 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the only child of Upton Sinclair Sr. and Priscilla Sinclair. Throughout his life he was a devout Christian. His home life was hard since his family was in poverty and his father was an alcoholic. He moved to New York with his family at age ten and began attending New York City College at age fourteen.

During 1819, Herman Melville was born into a wealthy family near New York City. However merely 13 years later, his family was forced into poverty after the death of his father. In turn, Melville was unable to continue his education. After leaving school he began working immediately to support his family. Then at the age of 22 Melville set sail aboard a whaling vessel, and after his time as a whaler he enlisted in the navy.

(www.Biography/people/James-Madison-939) As Madison was growing up his dad sent him to a boarding school, he even provided tutoring. After finishing the courses his dad provided him he went off to Princeton University in 1769 located in New Jersey. He graduated in 1771.

Andrew Jackson was born in 1767 to poor Scotts-Irish parents. Serving as a courier for the revolutionary forces at age 13, he witnessed the deaths of his family at the hands of disease and the British. Jackson, now an orphan, went to live with his uncles and study law. After later being admitted to the North Carolina bar, he became more rich and famous, joining the convention for writing a new Tennessee constitution. He was elected to the senate after serving two years as the first House of Representatives member from Tennessee, and resigned after just one year.

John Hancock was born January 12, 1737, in Braintree Massachusetts. Hancock had a good education and graduated from Harvard College. After graduation, he worked for his uncle to take over the family business. As his uncle 's health gradually got worse, Hancock slowly took over the business. In 1764, his dad, Thomas Hancock, died leaving him the House of Hancock.

Instead, he became his brother’s, James, apprentice at the age of twelve to learn the printing trade(Begins Apprenticeship). This lasted until 1723, when Benjamin could not work with his brother anymore and left to go to Philadelphia. After so many months, he established himself as a printer and bought the newspaper ‘Pennsylvania Gazette’(Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790). One of his tributes was ‘Poor Richard’s

When Grover was only 4 years old his family moved from New Jersey to Fayetteville, New York. Grover wasn’t just a boring boy he pulled a prank where he had pulled his neighbors front gates off and left. Grover attended Fayetteville Academy but never made it to college. He sadly dropped out of school to take a job at a general store to earn $50 a year. With that money he used it to help his family

On January 14, 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut, Benedict Arnold, the famed man whose name is now synonymous with “traitor”, was born to Hannah Waterman King and Benedict Arnold Senior. Benedict was named for his great-grandfather, along with his grandfather, father, and older brother, an early governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (U. S. History). He was the second-born out of the 6 Arnold children, unfortunately, only his sister, Hannah, and himself survived to adulthood. His older brother died during infancy and the others fell victim to Yellow Fever when Benedict was twelve. Benedict Arnold Senior. was well respected in upper Norwich society, until his reputation switched from that of a successful businessman to that of a rowdy drunk