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american weapons of the mexican american war

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american weapons of the mexican american war

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The main us weapon wat the .69 caliber smoothbore minie ball musket.
the .69 caliber was a pointed minie ball with three rings at the base of the bullet. The .69 caliber musket was deadly accurate at 100 yards away, but like all muskets it required lots of cleaning equipment. Many officers carried double barreled shotguns that were extremely effective up to 15 yards away. Although we had better handheald weapons the real winning asset of the american army was artillery. Our cannons could hit targets with pinpoint accuracy from up to three hundred yards away.

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Children on the Oregon faced many hardships while on the trail but also did things to have fun. One of the many hardships that the children faced was injury or death from the wagon. If a child was ran over by the wheel they would most likely die instantly. Even though that they were on the trail, they still had some chores to do. The girls often cooked food and deserts for their family. Some other chores that the kids would do was collecting wood, milking cows, and fetch water. One thing that the children couldn't do while on the trail was continue their education. Their parents had to many other things to do. To get their mind off of the hard journey, the little boys would sometimes talk to the Indians that they met on the trail and ask them questions.

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The Alamo was originally called "Mission San Antonio de Valero". It was built as a fortress style compound mission. After the Texas Revolution, the Mexicans retreated, Before they left they destroyed many of the walls and buildings of the Alamo. The Alamo was later rebuilt and made a whole sale grocery store for a little bit. Present day, the Alamo is a public monument and a shrine for the people that tried to defend it.

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The battle of the Alamo was fought over issues like federalism, slavery, immigration rights and mostly money. This battle was fought in 1835 and also during this time, the general of the Mexican surrendered the Mission to the Texan Army. The mission was originally called San Antonio De Valero. The battle was fought in current day San Antonio, where the Alamo was. Today the Alamo is a monument an dis considered to be a shrine to the heroes who tried to defend the Alamo in battle.

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The Santa Fe trail was a trail that everyone used to travel on. The trail had become a military supply route. For about 60 years "the trail helped people who brought goods to New Mexico and the southwest and had sent back silver, furs, and mules". The use of the Santa Fe trail increeased as the civial war ocurred in the U.S. "In 1821, the Santa Fe Trail became America's first great international commercial highway, and for nearly sixty years thereafter was one of the nation's great routes of adventure and western expansion."

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One of towns that boomed over night.

These towns were called Boom-towns because they would pop up randomly every night. They were also mining towns before they turned into a real town for people to live in. Boom-towns, settlements that sprang up or grew rapidly, as a result of some economic or political development. Then, San Francisco boomed during the California  gold rush in 1849-1851. Lastly, two cities built on silver evolved swiftly in 1878./

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Mormons had very good and fast economic growth. They also had a huge population that was created very fast. These people believe that it was okay to have more than one wife. Mormons also considered themselves Christian. Lastly, Mormons are the most politically and socially conservative religious group in the U.S.

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What was in their wagons on the Oregon trail

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What was in their wagons on the Oregon trail

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Some items that the people who went on the Oregon Trail was that they had to bring a lot of food. Some items of food they had to bring was 60lbs of of coffee, 600lbs of flour, 120lbs of Biscuits, 100lbs of sugar and 200lbs of lard. Those where just some of the basic foods they would have to bring. Some people would not like to bring meat from home, some people would bring a herd of cattle and have a cow for milk. Hunting was some thing they would have to do if they ran out of food. So to eat they would have to hunt. Some tools they would use was a sharp knife and guns and bullet. To cook the food they would have to bring-dutch oven, kettle, skillet, reflector oven, coffee grinder, teapot, butcher knife, ladle, tin tableware, water keg, matches. Some items people would bring for fun is toys, books and musical instruments. The people would have to camp places to rest so they would have to bring blankets, tents, ropes and ground cloths.
The site I used: https://www.oregontrailcenter.org/HistoricalTrails/Supplies.htm

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I learned that every traveler needed more than 100 pounds of meat, flour, and many other foods. They had beans for protein and could only bring about 1,000 pounds of food so it wouldn't be too heavy for the wagon and oxen. If they ran out of food in the first month it would be hard for them to survive the rest of the months. Therefore, they had to bring a lot of food to survive.

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site used  http://www.history.com/topics/bear-flag-revolt The bear flag revolution was the result of the Mexican war kicking off the political tensions in California. After that they declared their independence. they joined the union in 1850, and used the flag seen above, which is the republics' old flag, as their state flag, this happened in 1911.

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The Donnor party didn't have and more animals to eat. Also there food supply ran out after awhile Most Donnor people didn't eat other people many tried looking for sticks, dirt, and grass. Little bit of the Donnor party ate humans. Also the people who did't eat people found out that if you boiled bones long enough they could become soft and edible and many people thought its was good.

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The Americans used muskets, rifles, pistols, colt revolvers, bayonets, swords and artillery pieces such as cannons, shells, and canisters. All of the Americans' artillery was effective for up to 300 yards which was a lot farther than the Mexicans' artillery. The Americans' artillery. The Mexicans used muskets, pistols, savers, short swords, lances and out of date cannons. Their weaponry was much older, heavier, and less reliable than those of the Americans.

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Davy Crockett was a frontiersman and moved around many times. He was a congressman in Tennessee and once he was removed from congress he went to Texas. He fought against Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and died in the fight when he was defending the Alamo. He participated in the massacre of Indians at Tallahussatchee. He should not be as popular as he was because most of the legislation he favored failed to pass and  his death was not very special.