7 sentences with 'muskets'
Example sentences and phrases with the word muskets and other words derived from it.
• « As European powers expanded, they built modern-style fortresses and defended them with cannons, muskets and warships that often outmatched the military forces and technology they encountered. »
• « The 1860s saw the development of the first breech-loading weapons, which first came into widespread use in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, in which Prussian infantry completely overwhelmed Austrian soldiers armed with older muskets. »
• « Whitney's machine tools for making parts for muskets allowed guns to be made and repaired by people other than skilled gunsmiths. »
• « After the first European whalers and traders came to New Zealand, the Maori lifestyle in some areas changed dramatically, and never returned to the way it was. One of the most popular commodities the Maori were interested in trading for were muskets. »
• « As Maoris had no long-range weapons, muskets were a valuable asset to tribes. The introduction of muskets made inter-tribal wars far more dangerous, especially if it was a tribe with muskets against a tribe without. »
• « However, the missionaries arrived to a violent atmosphere. Maori were busy trading with settlers for muskets to use on other tribes, and even the missionaries were beginning to argue amongst themselves. »