American Revolution Dbq

After all of the provocations the British perpetrated against the colonies including: the proclamation of 1763, sugar, stamp, Townshend, tea, and coercive act(s) , the colonists decided to rebel. The colonists, who decided to fight back or the patriots, started a movement that lead to the American Revolution. The American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, and ended on September 3, 1783 . There were many battles in which both patriots, and British soldiers put their lives out on the line for their country. The battle locations ranged from way up north in Quebec, Canada, to way down south in Savannah, Georgia . Of the many battles, all but two or three of them were fought using traditional linear tactics and volley fire, but those battles had …show more content…
The militiaman’s fowler was one of the more popular weapons during the war, especially in the colonies, because it was required that colonists serving in their state militia had to have the militiaman's fowler musket. The militiaman’s fowler was also a commonly used weapon, because it would pass that muster inspection and could also act as a hunting rifle. It was almost like a two in one because of its specifications. Although the militiaman’s fowler might seem like the ultimate weapon of the time, there is one major problem with the majority of them. That problem is that barely any of them were fitted with bayonets, the militiaman’s fowler was a very cheap firearm in many cases, because they were often made out of the parts of different beaten up weapons. Another rather popular musket was the French musket. It really was not well known in the beginning of the war, but increased in popularity as the battles went on, due to France’s alliance with the colonies about midway through the war . It was a much different weapon than the British “goose necked” rifles, because of its reinforced French cock. It had iron fittings, and was also very easy to clean, because of its detachable barrel. The last musket that will be talked about is the brown Bess musket. The brown Bess was the British standard musket, and was in the favor of the Continentals during the beginning of …show more content…
The rife was more accurate than that musket because of its longer barrel, but it took around forty-five seconds to load. So rather then getting four to five shots a minute with a musket, you would be getting one to two shots a minute with a rifle. Rifles were often used to take out enemy officers from a distance, but never in the lines . The bayonet was actually a very important weapon during the American Revolution, because hand-to-hand combat would be fist fighting without it. The bayonet was fitted to the end of the musket, and was usually around a foot and a half in length (eighteen inches). It essentially made the musket also a spear, and was used during close combat situations to gore the opponent

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Dbq American Revolution