Month: January 2016

The militia had to polish their own gun. The Americans mostly used the brown bess,long rifles, and bayonets. One of the most commonly used weapons is the brown bess which is a muzzle loading smoothbore musket. The brown bess is a British weapon but it is mostly used by the Americans. Long rifles were used by snipers in the revolution. They were designed bythe Americans. It can shoot 300 yards unlike the regular 100 yards the smothbore muskets shoots. The Charleville musket was utilized by the French. This rifle was most effective at a range of 50 yards or less,and used a .69 caliber round. Due to the inaccuracy of the weapons used, the bayonet played a vital role. Since they were already close together instead of taking the time to reload they engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

I believe that Betsy Ross created the flag because I believe the meeting in Philadelphia actually happened. I think she made a lot of flags during the Revolutionary War. I believe that General George  Washington actually went to Betsy Ross’s upholstery shop. I believe that she didn’t have to pay for all the supply’s for the flag.

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He was captain of a heavily armed vessel

He was America’s greatest Revolutionary naval commander

He found America’s naval tradition

A brave patriot

John Paul Jones

A naval hero

A Senior Lieutenant in Navy

He did command a 40 gunned flagship

Jones volunteered for service in the new Continental Navy