Nicholls And Gunpowder

In 1775, thirteen colonies began a fight for their independence from Britain’s rule. Without formal training in artillery tactics or a proper armament of artillery pieces, early units had to overcome adversity and hardship. But with courage and dedication the artillery and its leadership were able to play a vital role in the success on the battlefields, and ultimately the victory resulting in America earning its freedom.

Indeed soon after in 1642, Pym along with four other prominent members of the opposition was charged with treason, showing just how much of a threat Charles saw Pym as. When Charles took it upon himself to arrive at parliament with 300 soldiers to personally arrest the five members it destroyed any final shreds of trust between Parliament and Charles. Members of parliament were representatives of the people and Charles was arresting five of them for

Hunting big game animals for sport was a popular pastime with the wealthy classes following World War I. The morality of killing for sport was not questioned in reality, but in this short story the author does question it by taking it a step further and having the protagonist, Sangor Rainsford, hunted by the antagonist, General Zaroff.In a short story full of irony, one of the greatest ironies of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” is that General Zaroff repeatedly tells Rainsford that he maintains a sense of civilization on his island.

Gunpowder single handedly changed the world. What once started as fireworks, would eventually become the greatest aspect of warfare known to man. It was first used by the Chinese, as colorful displays of fire in the sky, but under the rule of the Ming and Ching it became a feared machine of war. Although the effects of gunpowder were mainly positive, there are still some major disadvantages.

Since the colonists carried dangerous object such as hatchets onto the ships with them while hijacking the ships, it meant they were prepared to fight to destroy all of the tea, which was the British governments property. “...I immediately dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet, which I and my associates denominated the tomahawk, with which, and a club…” (George Hewes) This quote by George Hewes, a participant in the Boston Tea Party shows that the colonists knew they were going to commit a huge crime and needed weapons just incase they needed to fight. The colonists planned to take weapons to commit a crime that creates substantial property damage. (analyse) They also succeeded in hijacking the ships to get rid of the tea. Lastly, the colonists carried weapons while creating substantial property

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The day of the attack, rumors circulated hinting at the grand plot to be carried out that night. Thomas Bench, a Boston civilian loyal to the crown, claims that he heard “conspiracies against His Royal Highness, King George III, alluding to colonial protests

On March 5, 1770 in Boston, the large mob of Bostonians tormented Captain Thomas Preston’s soldiers, who were watching the Customs House Building. One of the soldiers fired at the Bostonians, which resulted in the rest of the soldiers firing at the Bostonians. Someone from the crowd screamed for the soldiers to fire. This caused five of the Bostonians, including Crispus Attucks, who were shot by Preston’s men. Captain Preston’s men were put on trial, and were charged with the murder of the five Bostonians.

To better understand the public sentiment toward Captain Preston and the subsequent trials of both himself and, separately, his men, let us turn to historical documentation of the time. The city of Boston in 1770 was home to an occupying British force. The British arrived in Boston with a spirit of superiority, and “an early prejudice” against the Bostonians per a report issued by a committee, appointed by the town of Boston, (Filler 1973, 7). This report demonstrated how the military provoked hostility and contemptuous attitudes from the residents (Filler, 1973). On February 22, 1770, a British informant tried to destroy some drawings, made by children, that cast importers of British goods in a poor light. Once the destruction of the drawings proved fruitless, he

Andrews wrote a firsthand account of the Boston tea party recording that about ten thousand pounds worth of silver in tea was dumped into the Boston harbor. The people were angered by the tea tax that Britain put on the colonies and the people reacted in a violent way. John Andrews had many notable observations. One of these such observations was when the colonists voted unanimously to dump all the tea into the harbor. Another was how they only wanted to damage the tea, no other cargo was touched. When talking about the participants he viewed them highly as brave men. During the Boston tea party, certain people tried to sneak some of the tea for themselves instead of throwing it overboard. In George Hewes account of the Boston tea party, the people who took tea were shown to be punished. In his account, he talks about catching a captain who stuffed tea in the pockets of his coat. When trying to escape the captain's coat

Who shot first? In my opinion, I think the colonists shot first. There are a few reason I think this. For one, I think the colonists shot first because the redcoats were already on the march to the colonists and that might’ve meant they were about to shoot first. Sylvanus Affidavit and Robert Douglass were on their way to Lexington. Upon their arrival, a messenger came up to Captain Parker to inform him that the Redcoats were within half a mile. I think the reason the redcoats were within a mile is because that they wanted to start war, or in other words, shoot the shot that was heard around the world. That is my take on the “Shot Heard Around the World”.

This source does raise an argument because we have to remember this is his reminiscence that he wrote on a sheet of paper, and he would probably not lie about everything he wrote, but he has the possibility of fantasizing or changing bits of the story here and there. Also, the source has, biases because he mentions that he was one of the patriots dressed as an Indian protesting in Boston, so his experience versus what the colonists saw or what the British saw must be different. This source is trying to persuade the American people to believe that the British Parliament was evil in what they did and in order to fight them back we protested them by destroying their tea that they taxed in fear of economic disaster.

When Truth Hopkin’s father dies a slow and tragic death of tuberculosis, she goes to live with her uncle and his family on their North Carolina farm. Her mother passed away when she was an infant. So she doesn't remember her at all, not in the slightest of memories. Even though she wants to so badly. She wants to know her mother, she wants a mother. And now her father has passed away from the awful disease of tuberculosis. I feel very bad for Truth Hopkins… I couldn’t imagine losing my both of my parents. My mom AND my dad… That is terrifying to even think about. Let alone it actually happening. That makes me very very truly indescribably grateful for what i have. And who i have in my life with me. But anyways, like Truth, the

Nicholls, Mark. " Strategy and Motivation in the Gunpowder Plot. " The Historical Journal 50, no. 4 (2007): 787-807. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20175128.

During the 16th century England and much of Europe found itself in turmoil and in a constant state of war. The outbreak of fighting led to the invention and development of new weapons and the growth and change of weapons of old. The development of weapons was a trademark of the time, with a sort of renaissance, or re-birth in the field of weaponry (Miller). The technology was highlighted by the invention of gunpowder by the Chinese which eventually found its way to England (Grolier). However, the use of gunpowder was minimal, because the use of had yet to be perfected. The technological advancement most useful during the period was progression of the metals used in weaponry. The new forms could