John Paul Jones

By, Jake Glaser

May 3, 2013

          John Paul Jones was a very important person in the history of the United States of America.  From his early years in Scotland all the way to his time in Paris, France, Jones had a lasting impact.  It is hard to imagine what our lives would be like without all of his hard work.   John Paul Jones was a man who influenced the future of his country in many positive ways.

         John Paul Jones was born on July 6, 1747 in Kirkbean, Scotland.  He grew up in a poor shack.  Jones decided to go out sailing when he was just twelve.  He sailed for a year and a half.  He got captured by a slave boat and became a chef.  After three years on this boat he was let free.  He joined the US Navy at age eighteen.  He was in the US Navy for two years.  He wanted to go for longer which he did.  He became a ship master at age twenty–one.  He became a captain in only a year.  Jones was nicknamed JP for John Paul.  He loved his home at sea.  

          John Paul Jones is most known for defeating the British ships from the east coast of England during the American Revolution.  Jones helped the US Navy to be more courageous and serious.  When the British Captain asked Jones if he was ready to surrender.  Jones said “I have not yet begun to fight.” Jones became known for being a great ship fighter.

In 1789 Jones dropped out of the US Navy and moved to Paris, France.  Jones was loving his life in Paris until he got a sickness that could not be defeated over time.  On July 18, 1792 John Paul Jones died.  Jones was a great man and a fearless fighter.

  He didn’t stop he kept on moving.  All of the Navy looked up to Jones as a great fighter and man.  Jones helped America come what it is today.  Jones loved America that is why he fell with it.