Part one of term paper
Rear Admiral John Paul Jones was seen as a dynamic leader who time and again overcame exceptional difficulties and uncommon dangers. He had "the boldness which is produced by madness, the bravery which is the effect of animal spirits, and the courage which is the result of reflection." John Paul Jones was the epitome of what is now conside ...

Part two of term paper
... John Paul Jones set the standard for future naval officers. It was this standard which became his lasting legacy. From his existence on, his uncommon valor, persistence, and courage in the greatest times of hopelessness would never be forgotten. Benjamin Franklin once considered John Paul Jones as the "chief weapon of American forces in Europe and Thomas Jefferson had described him as the principal hope of American in their struggle for independence." His commerce raiding and naval battles agai ...