...gun a confederate breechloader first unveiled at the Battle of Seven Pines and the Billinghurst-Requa battery gun, which consisted of 25 rifle barrels arranged side by side. Viewed as too inefficient and unwieldy for infantry combat, these weapons were generally used for guarding bridges and other strategic locations. Hand Grenades: Civil War soldiers were known to make explosives using fuses and gunpowder, the conflict also saw advances in the design of hand grenades. The most popular model was the union-issued ketchum grenade, a projectile explosive that was thrown like a dart. There were different types they came in one, three, and five pounds models. when they were bombarded with Ketchum grenades during an attack at Port Hudson and Louisiana confederate soldiers used blankets to catch the explosives before throwing them back at their attackers. While a good idea at the time the explosives didn't always work as intended. Hot Air Balloons: They allowed generals to get an aerial view of the battlefield, Civil War balloons were primarily used as a scouting area. Balloons were launched for scouting purposes at at several famous engagements, including the first battle of bull run and the battles of fredericksburg and chancellorsville. The confederacy also tried their hand at military ballooning, although with considerably less success. In a balloon tethered to the ground with a telegraph line, Lowe was able to give real-time updates on troop movements, and once even directed...
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...first unveiled at the Battle of Seven Pines in 1862—and the Billinghurst-Requa battery gun, which consisted of 25 rifle barrels arranged side by side. Viewed as too inefficient and unwieldy for infantry combat, these weapons were generally used for guarding bridges and other strategic locations. Hand Grenades: Civil War soldiers were known to make explosives using assortments of fuses and gunpowder, the conflict also saw advances in the design and manufacture of hand grenades. The most popular model was the union-issued ketchum grenade, a projectile explosive that was thrown like a dart. There were different types they came in one, three, and five pounds models. In fact, when they were bombarded with Ketchum grenades during an 1863 siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana, Confederate soldiers reportedly used blankets to catch the explosives before throwing them back at their hapless attackers.While a novel idea the explosives didn't always work as intended. Hot Air Balloons: They allowed generals to get an aerial view of the battlefield, Civil War balloons were primarily used in a reconnaissance capacity. Balloons were launched for scouting purposes at at several famous engagements, including the First Battle of Bull Run and the battles of fredericksburg and chancellorsville. The confederacy also tried their hand at military ballooning, although with considerably less success. In a balloon tethered to the ground with a telegraph line, Lowe was able to give real-time updates on troop...
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...Bunker Hill was in Charleston, Massachusetts and was one of the signifying battles to start the war. On June 13, 1775, the leaders of the colonial forces nearby Boston learned that the British were planning to send troops out from the city to fortify the unoccupied hills surrounding the city, giving them control of Boston Harbor. In response, 1,200 colonial troops under the command of William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. Even though the colonists lost, this was a hard fight for the British, and it showed them that the colonists are going to put up a fight. Right before the Battle of Bunker Hill, on June 15th, George Washington became Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, chosen over John Hancock. Following many battles, including wins and losses for the colonists, came the Virginia Declaration of Rights on June 12, 1776. This was a declaration from the people of Virginia, which informed Britain again of what they wanted as rights and set the precedent for the declaration of Independence to be made in the following weeks. Following this declaration of June 28th was a battle that is close to home, at Fort Moultrie, in South Carolina. It was first called fort Sullivan, then changed to Moultrie. The Battle of Fort Moultrie was a major win for the patriots. On July 4th, 1775, many of our founding fathers settled on a document that would officially break America apart...
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...Although some parts were necessary background information, it was too dry to read and it bored me. The book would have been much better if the beginning was altered so it is more captivating. Honestly, I don’t know if I would have continued reading this book after the introduction and before the climax if it wasn’t for an assignment. Reading this book was not worth the time invested at first. But towards the middle to end of the book, the excitement and heartbreaking scenes made me want to continue to read. Another flaw with this book was the ending. I was eager to find out how Adam and his family continued to live after the battle of Lexington. But the book just ends with going to bed and saying his prayers. A clear bias I saw in this book was that Fast wrote on the perspective of the colonists. The British were portrayed as the antagonists who were shown as evil human beings that were mostly inmates and poor citizens looking for...
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...great part of the time under water” October 1775. Once Arnold and his men passed the troubles of the journey, it looked as though his plan just might be a success. Arnold planned to surprise Quebec along with Montgomery’s group attacking from the other side. Unfortunately, Montgomery died from attacks of the British and his men never followed through with the plan which left unknowing Arnold to go in by himself and was smashed by the British who already now knew of the plan. The British pushed Arnold and his men back through the border to New York. Arnold was put in charge of Lake Champlain with the British on the Northern part and the Americans on the southern, Arnold sailed north as the British sailed south meeting in the middle, where the battle of Valcour Island then took place. The Americans had no experienced sailors so Arnold took it upon himself to be both admiral and position the cannons. He says “I was obliged to point most of the guns onboard the congress, which I believe did good execution” Benedict Arnold. Benedict independently did tremendous damage on the British, sending them home! Despite everything he did, giving us a break from the war for a couple of months, the...
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...teeth that were made out of human and cow teeth and elephant ivory attached to a lead base. He was the son of a rich farmer, also he was the oldest son of a family that has two sisters, three brothers. There were two older half brothers. His fathers name was Augustine His step-mothers name was Mary Bell. The real mothers name was Jane Butler Washington, his mother died of birth causes. Some of his favorite foods were foods are cream of peanut soup, with coconut. His father died of a sudden illness when George was only eleven years old. His father gave parcel land to each land, but George did not get his till he turned 21 years old. His older brother Lawrence help raise George when his father died. When he...
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...Data-Driven Entertainment/Education Friberger et al. defines data games as “games where gameplay and/or game content is based on real-world data external to the game, and where gameplay supports the exploration of and learning from this data.” They also use a taxonomy to explore the categories of such games. They propose to use open and linked data to procedurally generate game content. One of their examples was Open Trumps based on the popular card game Trumps. The data source for the game content is a UN database of countries and demographics indicators. However, procedural content generation entails some transformation of data into the game content. As the authors caution, we must be careful of transformations that “lead to an unacceptable loss of veracity in relation to the original source.” In our work, the game content is the original data [1, 2, 3]. Moreover, our perspective in this endeavor to foster understanding is general instead of a game focused. Thus, it is from this general point of view that we classify data-driven applications. The figure below illustrates the classification matrix: rows represent data velocity (static or dynamic) and columns the goals of the application. The first type of goals is informational: the application just provides specific information to the user usually through visualization; interaction with the data is minimal. The second type of goal focuses on interaction with the data for sensemaking; applications in this case are usually...
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...of battles, and insight to life during war. Due to the bias nature of the film and a few historical inaccuracies, the nationalism in this movie becomes overwhelming. This film was set in the 1770’s in early South Carolina. Benjamin Martian, an ex French and Indian war icon, is the father of seven children who rejected a proposal to go to battle and be apart of the Continental Army. While trying to avoid any involvement in the battle, the war comes close to home and the leading antagonist Colonel Tavington killed Thomas, his 15-year-old son. Martin began seeking revenge by creating a militia that consisted of peasants and farmers. The militia had an objective to keep General Cornwallis in South Carolina. Their efforts were successful through their strategic planning by killing off his men and cutting him off from supplies. Although they succeeded in the surrender of Cornwallis, Gabriel, Martins son, also became a victim of Tavington and was killed. Gabriel’s death evoked one last fight between Martin and Tavington. Martin had the victory over him, which lead to Tavington’s death and helped drive the Continental Army to achieve victory over the British. The portrayal of the militias in this film consisted mostly of farmers and low class people taking the initiative to protect their families such as Martin did. The militia not only played an important role in the film but also lead to the victory in Yorktown, which was briefly shown at the end of the movie. Other battles were...
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... |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|Also known as the Seven Years’ War, this New World conflict marked another |The French and Indian War helped lead to the Revolutionary War in two ways. | | |chapter in the long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s | | | |expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims |First funding this war lead to a huge national debt for Great Britain, which they felt | | |of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British |the Americans should help pay. Parliament decided to service the debt by passing the | | |declaration of war in 1756. Boosted by the financing of future Prime Minister |stamp act, a terrible failure that angered citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, which | | |William Pitt, the British turned the tide with victories at Louisbourg, Fort |started the rift between Britain and its colonists. | | |Frontenac and the French-Canadian stronghold of Quebec. At the 1763 peace | | | |conference...
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...A Case Study in Lexington, Massachusetts Group 6: Mohamed Al Khouri, Tomas Allen, Bridget Gioia, Jeffrey Quigley, Kenneth Ukaigwe, Paul Wolfenden Section 1 “Company and Product” Description The town of Lexington, Massachusetts is cemented in the minds of many Americans due to its profound historical significance. On this site, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired, beginning the campaign for independence. On the morning of April 19, 1775, seventy-seven minutemen fought their first skirmish against the British (Tour Lexington, 2013). Today, Lexington continues to honor its place in American history with numerous statues, monuments and historical sites (Tour Lexington, 2013). Lexington’s historical significance provides an opportunity to capture tourism from both domestic and international visitors. Lexington is a mid-sized town of just over 32,000 people situated within the Greater Boston Area in Massachusetts (DemographicsNow, 2012). With families occupying 90% of all households within the town and a highly-ranked school system, Lexington attracts wealthy professional residents (Berg, Biedron, Bueller, Horst, 2011). Like many American towns, Lexington contains a central business district (CBD), a central area of the town where the majority of commerce takes place. Lexington’s CBD is the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue bordered by Clarke and Meriam Street and Winthrop and Woburn Street, as well as all adjacent side streets (Lexington - Area A Summary...
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...From Empire to Independence Colonies became more important for the British mainland economy Colonies experienced agricultural and commercial growth but remained diverse in composition and outlook o Generally adverse to cooperative efforts The Heritage of War Most Americans submitted willingly to the English government due to their alliance in French and Indian War o However, American nationalism was building Brutalities of English soldiers heightened sense of separate identity English soldiers were inept at frontier fighting; initial respect for them was lost English disrupted the colonies’ illegal but necessary molasses trade with the French West Indies Writs of assistance (unspecific search warrants) and naval patrols Boston merchants hired James Otis to fight writs of assistance; he lost but revealed that writs of assistance were like slavery Why was revenue needed? o Management and defense of new global possessions o Payment of war debt o Expansion of colonial administration and defense British Politics Nearly every politician was a Whig: a name given to those who had opposed James II, led the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and secured Protestant succession o Champions of individual liberty and parliamentary supremacy o Whiggism drifted into complacency: dominant group of landowners became concerned with personal wealth George III wanted to limit Whigs so ousted William Pitt as prime minister and established “king’s friends” o Government became...
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...Extended Essay Group 3: History To what extent did breaking code JN-25 and code ULTRA give aid to the Allies in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres of World War Two? Word Count: 3746 Abstract: This extended essay has the subject of Code Breaking Intelligence. When studying the Second World War, the phrase ‘code breaking’ is not highlighted as a significant factor, so this investigation is to assess the contribution of code intelligence in the Second World War. The main question being: To what extent did breaking code JN-25 and code ULTRA give aid to the Allies in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres of World War Two? The scope of this investigation is confined to two specific codes called the JN-25 and Ultra. This is due to the abundance of codes and ciphers used during WWII. It is also limited to where, either the Pacific or Atlantic theatres, these two codes were most effectively applied to aid the Allies. Information was attained from secondary sources to create a bank of relative information to the research question. The conclusion that can be drawn from this investigation is that code intelligence did significantly aid the Allies in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres. With the assistance of JN-25 the Americans halted the Japanese in the Pacific theatre, stopping its expansionist and aggressive behaviour. Similarly, the British and the Americans, with the help of code Ultra, achieved an offensive against Germany and Hitler, plus shortening the war by two to four...
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...ic 1763-1787 Following the Proclamation of 1763, American rage toward the British Empire began to aggravate, and one of its earlier manifestations, aside from liberal boycotts of British goods, was the development of committees of correspondence. Started by the outspoken Samuel Adams, leader of the Sons of Liberty, the Committees began in Boston in 1772 and spread to some eighty towns in the colonies. These committees developed into an inter-colonial committee, and allowed supporters of rebellion to plan their activities and communicate, and joined with the American press, the colonists could spread word about such slights as the ill-named and, to the colonists, horrifying, Boston Massacre which wasn’t a real massacre. For his part, Samuel...
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...The Presidency of Andrew Jackson – The Rise of Mass Democracy |Andrew Jackson – Biographical snap shot | |-His parents had been immigrants | |-At 14 he fought in the American Revolution | |-Experienced dueling a couple of times | |-War hero (Battle of New Orleans and Indian Wars in Florida) | |-Great ethical man – person life was beyond reproach | |-A lot of integrity | |-Not another guy from the Aristocracy | | | |Practiced law in Tennessee, Jackson had become a wealthy land speculator and slave owner, was first man elected from Tennessee to | |the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate. A major general in...
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...Before the Civil Rights Movement sparked, our country was plagued with discrimination. After violence by police against African American protesters in Selma, Alabama erupted, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the public, in his speech “We Shall Overcome,” declaring how the country must unify against discrimination. The author showed the need to consolidate the nation’s forces to fight for equality through his use of repetition of parallel structure and a passionate appeal to convey a hopeful tone. The author used repetition of parallel structure to persuade his country to fight against discrimination. Johnson used “so it was” followed by an allusion to a historical landmark, such as “Lexington and Concord” and “Appomattox,” to illustrate past victories in arduous battles by...
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