Throughout the 1800's, men were looked at as the people who are supposed to make things better. Supposed to make things easier and problems go away smoother. One man by the name of Henry Clay was what men were supposed to be. Men were supposed to be hard working and dedicated to what they believed in so that the people around them would believe too. While being apart of the young United States government, he realized that country as a whole had to advance, and that is what he did. Henry Clay was a man who wanted the best for everyone not just himself.
Henry Clay was born into a nation surrounded by war, hatred, and a young government. This period in history is known as "America's Critical Period coined by John Quincy Adams. Born on April 17, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia, two years after the
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His father had passed away when he was four years old, but his mother would remarry to Captain Henry Watkins ten years later. Clay was to become a great part of the growth of the young United States of America. Clay went to work at the high court of chancery in Virginia. Clay became a close friend of the Chancellor George Wythe. Wythe showed great interest in Clay and had him become his secretary so that Clay could further his studies and advance in the study of the law. "In 1796, Clay began the study of law under Robert Brooke, then the attorney general of Virginia."(Commire)
Henry Clay had nicknames that were given to him by what he was able to accomplish or overcome. Some are "The President Maker," "The Mill Boy of the Slashes," "The Great Pacificator," and "The Great Compromiser."(Commire) Henry Clay was not the most educated man in the world, but he had a strict set or morals and he knew how