Samuel Santiuste Ms. Engelken US History I Honors May 13‚ 2011 The First Modern War While reading history‚ we typically see that wars were typically fought with soldiers in close- order formations with a musket that would be fired in unison on command. Everything changed after the American Civil War‚ a conflict to determine the fate of slaves in the Union‚ erupted. Today many historians consider the Civil War as the first modern war because it depended on: heavy industry‚ fast communication
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In 1798‚ Eli Whitney had the idea of interchangeable parts. He was frustrated about not being able to monopolize the cotton gin so he started in the business of mass-producing muskets. His new idea of interchangeable parts was revolutionary. The idea was to let the machines make all of the parts for the muskets. Then they would all be close to identical. Before‚ all of the parts were hand made and if one part broke‚ another part might have fit and it might not have. With machines making
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Why was There an American Revolution? There where a lot of reasons on why there was an American Revolution. In fact‚ there are so many reasons why there was that we can’t list them all‚ only a few of the key and most important ones. During my writing‚ I will be talking about a couple of the different acts and groups and what they imposed and intended to do‚ and what effects they had on the colonist and how they all lead up to a revolution. Stamp Act: The Stamp Tax was a tax that aimed for
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Advancement of Weaponry throughout the Civil War The American Civil War allowed american weaponry to advance from slow and insufficient to fast and useful. The Civil War is often referred to as the first ¨modern¨ war in history‚ and this is characterized by American weaponry. Early weapons used in the Revolutionary War were self muzzle-reloading weapons which were slow and insufficient. While the ¨modern¨ weapons used in the Civil war were Springfield rifle to Colt revolver to 12-pound howitzer
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Bibliography: Daniel‚ Douglas A. 1992. "TACTICAL FACTORS IN THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE AZTECS." Anthropological Quarterly 65‚ no Lewis‚ Gavin. WCIV‚ 2011‚ quoted in Fiona Mani‚ The Aztecs‚ Quill and Musket Lecturer Series. Rulska‚ Anna. "Conquistadores." In World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO‚ 2010-. Accessed May 23‚ 2013 Seaman‚ Rebecca. "Aztec-Spanish War (Causes)." In World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society.ABC-CLIO
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repaired. When Congress voted for a war with France in 1797‚ Whitney saw an opportunity to market his idea because he knew a lot of guns would be needed to fight the war. Whitney obtained a federal grant from the government in 1798 to build 10‚000 muskets for the army in 2 years‚ which was a ridiculous proposal for the time period. He applied the idea of interchangeable parts to the production of firearms and created a machine that could make exact copies of individual components of guns. These could
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“we want bread for our family”! “we need to support our families”! Waving our pitch forks‚ pikes and muskets in the air we charge. We broke into the palace and searched for the queen. We wanted the queen to face us alone. For a long ten minutes waiting for her‚ she peeks her head over the balcony and looks down at us with confusion. Everyone including me screamed‚ some people even pointed there muskets at her. They demanded for King Louis to give bread to them. The next day the king and queen were held
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Journal of America November 2‚ 1781 Written by: Zaire Loatman BRITISH SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN‚ VIRGINIA! It’s over‚ it’s finally over! Exactly two weeks ago on October 19‚ 1781‚ British soldier led by General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown‚ Virginia to patriot soldiers led by General George Washington. Along with General Washington‚ Marquis de Layette led his French soldiers into the battle to help the patriots. It all
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the need for weapons and started contracting. Eli Whitney was to make 10‚000 to 15‚000 muskets by 1800. He had never made a musket in his life. Whitney learned the trade and began manufacturing. Whitney was supposed to deliver the arms in one year but it took him eight years. Eli used countless excuses and charades to buy more time with the government. Whitney used the idea of interchangeable parts with his muskets. He amazed the government with his interchangeable parts idea. He did not create the
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The war of 1812 was the americans first war. It was a 32 month war almost three years. The U.S was fighting against the world’s strongest navy‚ the british and we were also fighting with the canadians. The white house was burnt down after by the enemies after they ate dinner in it. There was many little battle that the us lost but we also had some big wins in some big city’s‚ allowing us to win and get the land we wanted along with ending the impressment of U.S sailors. The people got very mad at
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