Social Impacts

Social Impacts:

By the 1700s cannons were being used more commonly in European Armies. One cannon that was made by a European was the American Six-Pouner Fieldpiece. It was built by Frederick the Great of Prussia. This cannon and other like it were used in battles such as the Battle of Saratoga, and the Battle of Trenton, which took place in the American Revolution. The American Revolution was the thirteen British colonies trying to win independence from Great Britain. This means that this type of cannon would have been used to capture different areas of land.   

In the 1800s there were campaigns going on such as that at the Gettysburg Campaign. The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought during the Civil War. These cannons were used mostly by southern states. The Civil War was fought by the states as they were seperated into the Confederacy and the union. The Confederacy wanted slavery and the Union did not. This was the cause of the Civil War. The Union won the Civil War. The 2.9 inch 10 pounder Parrott Riffle was used along with other cannons to win these battles leading to the end of the war.

In the 1900s war was taking place in may parts of the world. Those wars include the Korean War, World War II, and the Vietnam War. One type of cannon that was used in all of these wars was the M101 105mm Howitzer. This gun was used very often by the soldiers in all battles. The Allied powers won World War II and many of the battles involved, they did so only by will power and great arms such as the M101 105mm Howitzer and other great arms. The nations were fighting because of tensions between the countries as a result of Wolrd War I, and the Great Depression. The Allied powers used their excellent artillery to help win the second world war. World War II brought an end to the Depression everywhere because industries had to produce arms, men were fighting from all sides of the world.