Musket

In the 17th century, the Burmese had fended off the Dutch, the Portugese, the Armenians, and the other European who had arrived at Burma's shores "in the first waves of European exploration" In the next century they had successfully withstood a long Chinese invasion from 1765 to 1769, and annexed parts of Manipur, Assam, Chittagong, Laos, and Siam, and had ravaged Ayuthia, Siam's capital. As such, the authorities of court of Ava In the early 1800s took great pride in their success on the…

The song “Non-Stop” in Lin-Manuel’ Miranda’s hit broadway show Hamilton, begins the climax of the whole story as act one comes to an end. This song sums up Hamilton’s life from the end of the war to his invitation to become Secretary of the Treasury. Non Stop shows the audience the perseverance of the musical’s protagonist and gives a taste of of how Act II will play out. Aaron Burr begins the song by narrating in amazement and slight jealously as Hamilton becomes a successful lawyer who is sent…

William Bradford and Edward Winslow’s Mourts Relation is a first account experience of what the passengers of the Mayflower, a British vessel which landed in present-day Plymouth , Massachusetts in 1620, experienced on the grounds of what they assumed was going to be an abandoned piece of land . It documents the exploration of many different spots that they stumbled upon such as camps, burying grounds and villages. The first encounter as said in Mourts Relation sets the platform for what most…

to go out in an unexplored island and survive for a certain number of nights. Ruby and I trusted each other during the training and we both survived. We've been inseparable ever since. Ruby immediately introduced me to Git and we became the 'Three Musket-fears' or whatever that saying was. Our island is the biggest and the most civilized. We trade with the smaller islands for all of the island's benefit. It's all just one big chain, one wrong move and the chain could break, screwing up the…

America is “the home of the brave”, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to be brave when America is also the home of the guns. This is the place where criminals and the mentally ill alike have almost unrestricted access to guns- be it through the numerous loopholes existing in current laws or the fallacies presented in current background checks. Is it really logical to work for peace when anyone can access and instrument of death? The United States should increase the number of…

Europeans began to take over America the tools that they had developed over years, with the help of established trade networks, would be used to enslave people as they looked for further wealth in the “New World.” Tools such as their weapons like the musket, which was developed through experimentation with gunpowder. Gunpowder brought to the Europeans from China, where it was used primarily for fireworks and entertainment. Robert Strayer illustrates how gunpowder was transferred in this age of…

Amendment Essay The purpose of the Constitution is to set up an organized government with rules and regulations that can be changed if needed through amendments. By adding the Bill of Rights, the Constitution became a living document that could evolve and adapt as our nation grows. The Bill of Rights gives us the ability to govern ourselves in the future, enjoy many freedoms that people in some other countries do not have, and change with the times. The amendments specify our rights and…

Hawaii is the fiftieth and final state that has joined the United States of America. It has untamed oceans and jungles. Animals roam the beautiful, picture perfect landscape. The people who lived on the islands have had a culture that extended from the Polynesian islands to the western and southern edges of Asia. They respected the land, ocean, and everything that it provided. Their religion is polytheistic, which means they believe in many gods. Behind the beautiful scenery of islands,…

Black Soldiers during the Civil War Slavery was the peculiar institution of the nineteenth century. It turned a lot of heads, some of them against each other. With the belief of manifest destiny at heart, it raised the question as to what was to become of the newly added territories in the west. The new states, like California, did not want slavery, but the new territories, like Texas, did. This drove a wedge right through the heart of nineteenth century America. The union in the north fought…

58 caliber conoidal shaped projectile. Based on the class characteristics (intentional or design features that are common to a particular group or family of items), it was determined that General Jackson died from a gunshot wound from a Confederate musket (AFTE, 2001). Today’s class characteristics are more sophisticated than those of yesterday, but unique markings, scratches, and dents within the instrument are still used for identification purposes. The first method discussed was class…