Part one of term paper
was born in April 23, 1791 in a cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. James father came to America as a Scotch-Irish in 1783. At the age of six his family moved to Mercersberg PA. where his father would open a general store . James was the second of eleven in his family. James was able to go to school where he lived but when he was not studying h ...

Part two of term paper
... He began to smoke a drink with the other students, and later was expelled from college. He begged for them to take him back, and he would turn over a new leaf. He was allowed to return and graduated on high honors. After college he left and went to study law in Lancaster PA. James worked hard and later became a successful lawyer. He made more than 11,000 a year. James became a canidate for the Pennsylavania legislature in 1814. But the war of 1812 was growing fast. The British Had just burned down ...