of use for taking off heads in the battlefield but they weren’t accurate‚ they were better for take down bigger targets like boats. Swords‚ knives‚ bayonets‚ and pistol butts were used back then for close combat fighting or even charging. Rifles‚ muskets and pistols were used most widely between the two armies since they were easier to move then cannons and more accurate. Something that both armies were trying to make at this time was the grenade‚ they wanted to get something that would explode overhead
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Would the Americans have gained their independence without help from the French? If it was not for the help of the French‚ America would have never gained their independence from Britain. Britain was the biggest empire that the world had seen since the Roman Empire. In fact‚ without assistance the Americans were no match for Britain. The hatred towards the British from both the French and Americans had made it easy for them to form an alliance. In 1778‚ representatives of both America and France
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everyone sought to avoid the mistakes of the previous year’s campaigning season‚ warfare was shaped by the fluid dynamics of the rival armies. Initially‚ Frederick relied on cold steel‚ but after sustaining heavy casualties from Austrian cannon and musket fire at the Battle of Prague (May 6‚ 1757)‚ he placed more emphasis on the tactics of firepower‚ for example‚ at Leuthen. Frederick became more interested in using artillery as a key to open deadlocked battlefronts. However‚ Frederick’s success in
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Should the Constitution be Followed as Originally Written or Reinterpreted for Current Times? The constitution is a document where the rules for the United States are written. This is the most important document in American history because it tells a whole population what is right and what is wrong. There are arguments how the U.S. government should stop adding changes to the constitution and keep it as originally written. The constitution should be reinterpreted for current times because the
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as men? Would it not be infamous to assert that the ladies are all slaves by nature?" (Roberts 49). These women‚ and many more‚ were active in the Revolutionary War; they are considered "mothers of our country." However‚ not all of them picked up muskets and went into battle. Some chose to fight for America with an arrow or a cannon‚ others with a pen or a needle (Zitek). However‚ some of the women that helped were actually just teenage girls. The women that participated in the Revolutionary War contributed
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Americans had surrounded the city and captured the picket guard‚ and the Hessian artillery. Not knowing what to do‚ the Hessians launched a bayonet charge because their flints were wet from the night before and therefore they could not fire their muskets. But the American troops had
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Successful colonization for the European countries was to colonize African nations in order to gain land and money. Gaining land was important for the European countries because they wanted to have an advantage in wars. of these European countries‚ such as Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ etc.‚ achieved successful colonization. In this essay I will be looking more on the side of actually colonizing the country and not what happened after the colonization to make it “successful (gain in money‚ change in
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The Civil War was a brutal war between the North and South of America over the issue of America of slavery‚ which was spurred on by the secession of the southern states from the Union . The North fighting for freedom and preventing the South from seceding the country. while the South was fighting to keep slave labor. After the Union won the war‚ that’s when America started to change‚ I’m going to explain how the Civil War prized America as the land of opportunity‚ made America more advanced in technology
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Different versions of Little Red Riding Hood have been retold throughout written history. Each retelling was written in a culture of its own‚ which holds its own philosophies on each of the continuing main ideas in each version. One integral philosophy is their principles of femininity. Because so much time had past from the original work to the time of the newer retelling‚ the newer version had to be rewritten to tell a different tale‚ distinguishing the principles of femininity that the two cultures
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Eng 111 03D June 18‚ 2013 “Advice to Youth” by Mark Twain a summary by Tricia Jenkins Mr. Mark Twain was an American author and humorist born in 1835. His birth name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens. He was responsible for such literary masterpieces as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ and The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin‚ which became known as the Great American Novel. He was admired by many of the great
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