Rifled musket

produced ones and they could be easily replaced by a gun, however some clients want handmade ones, if they want something a little extra. Grenades have been used for a long time, but blacksmiths play almost no part in the making of them. Firearms with rifled barrels were invented increasing accuracy. Gatling guns were invented, as were machine guns. Some modern weapons are barbed wire, artillery, and poison gas. Blacksmiths today, however, have no part in modern weapons, since most of them are…

In late May of 2016, I was referred to as one of several “costumed character” in grammatically troubled, but overall positive TripAdvisor review. My supervisor John King was visibly angry, not at me (this time), but at the visitor. “These aren’t costumes. This isn’t Disneyland.” For three months, I wore period clothing (this was John King’s preferred term and one does not fail to use John King’s term). The period was the mid-nineteenth century. Depending on my scheduled tours and assigned…

century. Survival in the 1700s on a deserted island is the same as survival on a desert island today witch I find interesting. Except Crusoe had access to firearms. Throughout his time on the island, he relies heavily on a fowling piece (and un-rifled musket designed to use multiple round lead balls, this gave each ball less overall velocity, but it was designed to be used at close ranges similar to a shotgun) this gave him the biggest advantage on the island. I agree with McInally that…

The Civil War transpired in 1861 to 1865. Historian James Beard argued whether or not the Civil War can be considered the second American Revolution. As a man named Jimmy Dick once said, “[Revolution] is a process of change that sweeps all before it as it transforms everything in its path.” Although some may disagree on the Civil War being the second American Revolution, the fact is that the Civil war was the first war to occur after the industrial revolution, it abolished slavery, and created…

Fish and Game Give a man something to eat you will feed him for a day give him the opportunity to hunt and fish, you will feed him for a lifetime. Back in the old days when people slept in huts and tee pees hunting was necessary for men to provide food and shelters for their family. There isn’t one part of the animal that went to waist. Bones were used for tools, stomachs were used for pouches, the skin was used to cover the tee pees and obviously the meat was used for food. In the old days…

Robinson Crusoe Literary Criticism Essay Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a tale based of the real survival of a Scottish merchant marooned on a Caribbean island during the early 1700s. In Expanding Empires, Expanding Selves : Colonialism, the novel and Robinson Crusoe by, Brett C. McInelly (2003 John Hopkins University Press). Brett C. McInelly, talks about British and European colonialism of the era, religious conversion, expansion of trade, and the mastering of oneself and destiny In…

On the afternoon May 22, 1865, a small band of soldiers from the 22nd and 28th Iowa regiments left their camp. There had been a heavy rain the night before. Their destination was a large peach orchard not far from the rows of white canvas. Some of the men had visited the orchard before. They had discovered a kennel of “bloodhounds,” ferocious animals whom they knew were once used in the pursuit of enslaved people and believed had been placed on the trail of Union prisoners of war. The owner of…

Question # 1 The political climate in England during the 1760s was one of desperation and uncertainty. Desperate because when the French and Indian War ended, England was in debt. Their national debt almost doubled from £75 million in 1754 to £133 million in 1763 and they needed to pay off some of that debt (Tax History, 2016, p.2). The capital had been borrowed from both British and Dutch banks. Parliament was hard pressed how they were going to raise the funds to cover the cost of the seven…

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857 In 1857 British faced a serious challenge to their rule in India known as "The Indian Rebellion of 1857" or "The war of independence 1857" was a war in India against the rule of the Britain and their company named as east India company and their domination in subcontinent. It was basically a effort to get rid of their domination that continued from May 1857 to July 1859 and The rebellion is also known by many other names including the India's First War of…