Revolutionary War from April of 1775 to September of 1863. During the beginning of the Civil War‚ both the Union and the Confederacy were using old fashioned‚ unaccurate‚ long-ranged muskets. A little after the Civil War began‚ instead of old fashioned muskets‚ arsenals began producing rifles. Compared to the muskets‚ rifles were superior. Inside the barrels of the rifles‚ there were groves that held on to ammunition tightly - this put a spin on the bullet‚ thus allowing for more accuracy and long
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know more about them altogether‚ more importantly I want to know about the projectiles‚ the powders used to fire them‚ and the barrels of firearms. In the past 200-some odd years‚ the world of guns and powders has changed completely. we went from muskets and black powder with lead shot to high powered‚ high caliber rifle rounds able to travel many miles and go through very large walls‚ something we could have never imagined to do 200 years ago. What I already know about ballistics and firearms is
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Montaño !1 Daniel Montaño Professor Sargent English 115-07 20 April 2015 Buchanan Butchers America Today we Americans‚ African-Americans‚ Mexican-Americans‚ Asian-Americans‚ etc have all come together united as one great nation. Despite our differences in beliefs‚ customs‚ and cultures‚ we all have one thing in common which is being American. But are we really one great nation as we make it look? Patrick Buchanan a very influential and outspoken conservative voice in the United States‚ in his essay
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On the night of the Sunday April 11th 1812‚ around two hundred and fifty Luddites mustered in Blake’s Farm bottom field. Gledhill and his deputies arranged them in eight platoons of riflemen‚ three of pikemen‚ three companies with pistols‚ one of hammerers‚ another of hatchet men‚ and two companies that had only the stones making their deep pockets bulge. The company stood six deep under the trees against the hedge waiting for the command to ‘move off.’ The Luddite Army was prepared to fight and
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Should Gun Control Laws Be Stricter? Lindsey Curry English 111 Dr. Robert Brandon November 20‚ 2012 Many different freedoms were granted in many different ways to the people of the United States. When the Constitution was written in 1776‚ many rights were granted to the people of the United States. In 1791‚ the second amendment of the Constitution was adopted and allowed the people to be able to keep and bear arms (Members‚ 2011). Today‚ there is a debate on making these gun control laws stricter;
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Of Plymouth Plantation Traveled on mayflower from England to get to America and spread religion. Another ship broke down so they let those onto their ship. One guy was impure because he was making fun of them for being sick. He planned to throw those people overboard but he died of sickness himself and the England men tossed him over instead. They believed it was Gods doing for him not being pure. Ship had started to leak as the weather got bad. All of them decided to talk to the captain and
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Tactics during the Revolutionary War At the start of the American Revolutionary War the odds were pitted heavily in favor of an easy British victory. The British had the largest empire in the world at the time‚ the largest navy‚ and the best trained standing army of the day. America only had a militia‚ no means of raising money to obtain supplies‚ and no navy. Also Britain had just finished winning a war to defeat France‚ which gave the French a reason to help the colonies later in the war. However
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Logan White American Civilization/ English 11th Dr. Graves/ Mrs. May-Washington November 15th 2010 The Road to Freedom I be mighty grateful to mistah David Ruggles‚ who be a abolitionist Republican wantin to hear my story and publish a book about me. My name is Elijah White; I was born outside West Point in Bates County‚ Missouri. I worked on my masta’s farm. The farm was called da White farm. It was about forty acres an grew tobacco an hemp. My masta was Colonel Walter Prescott White
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a part of the generation of Spanish conquistadores that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. 1. When Hernan Cortes and his men first arrived in Mexico‚ they brought many advanced European weapons with them – muskets‚ cross-bows‚ cannons‚ and swords. They also used horses and attack dogs to conquer the indigenous people of Mexico. Why were these weapons so effective? Please explain. 2. Before making their way to Tenochtitlan‚ the capital
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have had to protect your family would be the same weapons you would use for a militia. Imagine you are in the late 1700’s and someone comes into your home and starts threatening to shoot your wife with a single shot Harpers Ferry musket. You come out with your very own musket‚ as you are in a militia‚ he runs away and you fire off a single shot before you have to reload and he disappears. Now imagine that scenario today‚ he has an automatic machine gun and when you come in the room without a gun he
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