During the 1700s the Europeans traveled to Aotearoa‚ the land of the long white cloud‚ and met the Māori who then traded and taught them their ways. The Europeans arrived in 1769 when captain Cook arrived in New Zealand and spoke to the Māori. This essay will argue that the arrival of the Europeans had a negative effect. The Māori population almost halved because of the Europeans. When the Europeans first arrived in 1769 they carried diseases which they thought were merely common colds‚ but when
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War Prisons 1. Carved Chess Set a. These wooden chess pieces were carved by POWs at Elmira prison camp in New York. Games such as chess‚ created by hand by the prisoners‚ were common ways to make time pass in the camps. 2. Prisoner’s petition to Lincoln a. Prisoners in the Andersonville prison camp signed petitions‚ emploring Lincoln to do something about the state in which they were kept. However‚ these petitions never made it to Lincoln‚ or even past the guards at the camp. 3. Leslie’s Illustrated
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is people had not invented diving mask or harpoon guns. Back then there were no pressure plate traps. In the move the Rochefort ‚Head of guards‚ Shoots D’Artagnan‚ one of the main character‚ shoot and says that musket pistol aim was off‚ you can try aim musket but it doesn’t help‚ musket can’t hit accurate unless you are three feet in front of them. D’Artagnan goes to Paris and started chasing the man that got him. His name is Rochfort. When he gets chanced‚ he runs into one of the Arthurmos and
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Throughout the countless years between the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War‚ weapons have developed from the primitive muskets used. A few of these weapons include Colt Revolvers‚ Springfield Rifles‚ Spencer Repeating Rifles‚ Confederate Breechloaders‚ Billinghurst-Requa Battery Gun‚ and the Gatling Gun. Although not used often during the Civil War‚ when it was introduced‚ the Gatling Gun was the one of the more influential weapons created during the Revolutionary War-Civil War
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When the baritones of cannon barrages‚ melodies of muskets and the sound of the rebel cry had finally subsided‚ The American Civil War had had already taken a deadly toll. Four years of gruesome fighting had decimated the population. Half a million of three million men had been wounded in combat. Over two hundred thousand others had been killed. Frontal assaults turned into suicidal dashes that resulted in victory for no man. Advancements in weaponry surpassed ancient tactics dating back to the
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Movies are made to be sold and not history to be perfectly told. If movies include a complete history‚ it wouldn’t be known as a movie anymore. However‚ it would be called a documentary‚ which most people get fed up of. So interpretations‚ exaggerations and idealistic scenes are added to the movie to make it more interesting for the audience. "The Patriot" is a similar film made during the modern day time about a time period in which none of the experienced the real revolution. Politically‚ socially
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form of battle. The strategy that their infantry would use‚ called line infantry‚ would have many benefits on the battlefield. One of the first benefits was displayed by the French in the movie. Due to the limited range‚ accuracy‚ and time[1] of the musket‚ troops had no other choice but to line up‚ and fire all at the same time. This method‚ called massed fire‚ would be the best way to result in the most damage‚ and to bring down opposing troops quicker. The second benefit of the line
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(Brinkly‚ American History volume 1‚ 2012) Was one of the major contributors to the economy with his cotton gin‚ he also contributed to the war effort by building muskets due to the lack there of. Though building these muskets was slow he devised a way to produce more of them by building machines that created most of the parts of the muskets‚ he also created machines to build other items like sewing machines. These innovations greatly boosted the economy by pushing the goods out of the country on ships
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long lines‚ but instead by attacking in waves‚ killing soldiers and then retreating back into the woods to prepare for the next attack. Americans also began using a new type of musket that contains curved rifling on the inside of the barrel to help the bullet fly much farther and more accurate than the Redcoats’ muskets. This allowed the American army to develop a new means of assassinating generals and officers during battles to leave the infantry without any leadership or courage to keep fighting
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move supplies and reinforcements across many miles in less than a day. However‚ the thing that made this war “truly modern” was the advancements made in weaponry (Keene‚ 387). The artillery used by both armies was more deadly and accurate. Rifled muskets that had been improved could be used to kill a man “from a distance of 400 to 500 yards” (Keene‚ 387).
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