While he was growing up,nobody expected young William Wallace,who was born in Scotland, to become a hero. However,as he learned more about his country, he knew he wanted to fight to help his people be free. At that time King Edward of England wanted to be the King of Scotland, so he used to pay a lot of money to Scottish lords so that their people wouldn't fight against him. Whenever they refused to take the money (because they wanted to fight the England),King Edward's army killed them. Sadly,William's father was one of the man they killed, and this made William even more determined to fight for his country.
William gathered an army of man to fight the English. He told them,"Every man dies,but not every man truly lives." These words gave his army great courage. William's army fought many battles,like the famous Battle of Stirling Bridge on September 11th,1297, where they killed 5,000English soldiers. But in 1304England finally won,and Scotland, came under English rule. The next year the English caught William. They killed him in August of that year and than put his head on a pole beside London Bridge to remind people just now dangerous it was to fight the English