Cannons
By:
Sara and Jamie
What is a cannon, actually? Oh that's right, it is a long hollow tube that
fires out gunpowder. At first they were just built to knock down castle
walls in battle, but now they have enough power to destroy everything!
The first cannon to actually knock down castle walls was in 1377 at the
capture of Odruik. The cannons
were fired! They were 200 pounds. Also, they turned into hand weapons as
well.
Boom... that was the sound of a cannon. Probably shooting down castle walls
in a war/fight. Back then cannons were a big part of wars! They were invented
in 1260. Also, they were very helpful in castle defense and in battle.
The only bad thing is that cannons ended heraldry and castles. It ended
them because cannons
could easily knock down many knights with one fire and castles would either
be destroyed or very badly damaged!
Questions
1.)
What is a cannon ball made of? Why do you think that?
2.)
How were cannons effective in the middle ages? Explain your answer!
3.)
Would you, in war rather use 1 HUGE cannon that would destroy more, or
5 little cannons that you take to 5 different spots? Why would you do this?
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