As King Louis XVI reined over France during the French Revolution his actions heavily impacted the revolution. When he took over as king in 1774 the country was in severe financial crisis; extravagant spending for the American Revolution left the country on the brink of bankruptcy (History.com Staff 2009). Heavy taxes were imposed which were impossible for the Third Estate (the common people) to pay due to low harvests. King Louis XVI was not popular by the citizens which resulted in outbreaks to
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During World War I‚ the defensive weapons used by the German were way more advanced than the offensive weapons of the U.S and their allies. Although the U.S came out on top breaking through the German defenses and forcing their troops to retreat to their trenches‚ we suffered a great amount of casualties. The lost battalion went into Argon Forest with approximately six hundred men‚ they left with over four hundred dog tags and less than two hundred men because of the defensive lines advanced armory
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Abraham Lincoln‚ ex-slaves‚ and Susie Taylor‚ all were fighting for different things during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln pledged to forbid slavery in the new states and do nothing about ending slavery in the states where slavery was already existed. When people pressured Lincoln to make freedom one of the outcomes of war‚ he defended his policy. He wanted to save the Union whether it meant saving or destroying slavery. The war aims of the former slave and the black soldiers was different than President
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People commonly have the misconception that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones. They have this misconception because that is what they commonly observe. In the real world there is air resistance. With air resistance this misconception is true. If no air resistance is present‚ the rate of descent depends only on how far the object has fallen‚ no matter how heavy the object is. This means that two objects will reach the ground at the same time if they are dropped at the same time from the
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able to finance‚ equip‚ train and mobilize gunpowder armies. The Safavids of Iran‚ beginning with Shah Ismail I set up a gunpowder empire in the early 16th century which continued under Shah Abbas the Great until 1722. The Shah’s army carried muskets and used large artillery weapons like the canon. Shah Abbas hired English advisors to train soldiers in firearms. The Mughals of India under Babur and then Akbar was able to consolidate power in Central Asia with the use of gunpowder and firearms
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to the 95th are cluttered with quick thinking tactical situations evading and killing the French as he leads portages natives in tormenting the French who eventually retreat from the war. Dodd used his English rifle which was superior to the French musket to pick off Frenchmen from over a hundred yards and was untouched by the poor marksmanship and inferior technology of the French. He leads groups of local men (who obviously were not too happy with the French either) against the Emperors army. The
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To claim that the Civil War was unlike any other war since is to dispute the claims of countless historians who view it as a prelude or prototype for the type of wars that followed‚ “Library shelves groan with works pointing to the Civil War as a harbinger of “total war” in its modern form.” This claim‚ as well as overlooking strategies and tactics that have been applied and evolved through subsequent wars‚ overlooks the significance of ideological warfare and policies of a central government such
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The Boston Massacre- March‚ 5‚ 1770 Part One: Document | Author | Date | Purpose | Biases | The Legal Papers of John Adams‚ No. 64‚ Rex v Wemms | John Adams | 1755-1784 | To record what he heard and saw during the trial and how he defended for the British soldiers. | Despite the fact that most eyewitnesses’ testimonies denounced Captain Thomas Pretson ordering his men to fire upon the citizens‚ he believed these people were biased and words aren’t 100% reliable. | Anonymous account of the Boston
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make a quick and swift victory with very little loss‚ but it was the opposite. At the time both sides had inexperienced soldiers. When this war was happening the hundred of Manassas citizens left their homes to watch the battle unfold. Cannons and muskets would be fired all over and some misfires would end up at the civilians homes. At the start the Union was able a push the Confederates back to Henry Hill‚ but they would have their comeback. Beauregard make a strong defensive line controlled by General
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throughout the entire machine. Everybody got their cut - except the average citizen. significant inventors and inventions of the Industrial Revolution James Watt First reliable Steam Engine 1775 Eli Whitney Cotton Gin‚ Interchangeable parts for muskets 1793‚ 1798 Robert Fulton Regular Steamboat service on the Hudson River 1807 Samuel F. B. Morse Telegraph 1836 Elias Howe Sewing Machine 1844 Isaac Singer Improves and markets Howe’s Sewing Machine 1851 Cyrus Field Transatlantic Cable
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