I have longed for Bess since I began working as the ostler of the old inn. Her incredible beauty caught my eyes and made me fall for instantly. I sadly though will never have a chance at love with Bess because her love is the highwayman. I envy every moment they spend together and that’s very often. I can tell when he’s present by his movement on the cobblestones‚ the whip on the shutters and his rhythmical whistling. I needed him gone if I ever was to spend any time with Bess. I knew
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The role of a women in the American Revolution was originally a supportive spouse. They would tend to household needs and take care of their husbands businesses while they were away at war. Like in the picture “Banner of Washingtion’s Life Guard” she watches the man leave her behind as he goes to war. She is in a dress and is holding on to American symbols behind her which shows that she will be waiting for him to come back. Another painting that shows how women were expected to be is “Liberty in
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There is no doubt that in the book True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi weapons and violence are a key principle of making this novel so very admirable. Consequently‚ novels will have terrible consequences and those conflicts are what makes the story so amusing and interesting to the reader. Most of the time these conflicts and consequences have something to do with or happen because of violence and weaponry. Of course the novel True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle would not be as Marvelously
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Jacob and Sowege Yelles "Jules‚ Julius Cassel" Kassel; born abt.1590 and died abt.1681 of Krisheim‚ Germany‚ "Krisheim is located between Manheim and Worms in the Palatinate (Pfalz)"‚ had at least two sons‚ ; Johannes "John" Cassel‚ born abt. 1639 and died April 17‚ 1692 in Philadelphia‚ Pa. and Arnold Cassel‚ born abt. 1642 and died abt. 1687. These were the first Cassel‚ Cassell‚ Kassel‚ Kassell‚ Castle’s to come to America. They came to America under the terms of a promise by William Penn
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defending them from attacks. Older guns were equipped with ammunition that was loaded into the gun from the muzzle‚ giving them their nickname muzzle loaders‚ and the hammer on the gun struck a flash pan that held gunpowder. These guns‚ known as muskets‚ have since been upgraded enough to have more advanced guns such as a Mossberg five hundred or an AR fifteen. For about a century America has had gun regulation‚ starting in 1934 when Franklin D. Roosevelt imposed a tax on machine guns and sawed
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After the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ the militias pushed the British forces back into the city of Boston. The militias then set up camp around the city of Boston and attempted to place a siege on the city. However that did not affect the British in a concerning way‚ since they were still able to receive more troops and supplies from the harbor which the colonists could not blockade since they had virtually no naval based force. Although the British were not in major trouble of running out
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Deborah Samson was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man and served for over a year in the revolutionary war. I think it was very brave of her to do that knowing how much trouble she could have got in. In Deborah Samson’s child and teenage years were rough because she lived in poverty. It didn’t make anything any better when her father left on a expedition
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errand for Mr. Ewing‚ another Sailor. In Ewing’s chest in the forecastle‚ she discovers a gun and a round robin‚ a sign of mutiny. She sleeps with this knowledge‚ then goes to inform the captain about the mutiny. In his rage he removes one of his muskets from an iron safe‚ and shoots Cranick‚ a stowaway who was beaten by Jaggery so badly that his arm fell off. Cranick dies and is committed to the sea. Jaggery blames Zachariah for the mutiny and whips him horribly‚ so he dies. The next day‚ Zachariah
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leaders but these were the major leaders. If one single leader wasn’t there‚ we would be british people right now. All these leaders had done something to help all the colonist and all of us. The Equipment The colonist had muskets‚ rifles‚
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In Drumbeats and Bullets by Jim Murphy‚ the author explains how young boys serving in the Civil War were crucial to the soldiers‚ and played an important job. Their job is to drum‚ and give orders by drumming which was important to the soldiers. One way that they showed bravery was by not stopping‚ and showing bravery‚ as said in the paragraph‚ they still drummed when they were shot from all directions and wounded. A quote that supports this is “A ball hit my drum and bounced off and I fell over
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