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- get a catridge - tear it open with his teeth - pour a little bit of powder into the firing mechanism - put the rest of the powder and a gun ball down the barrel - ram the ball and powder down with the ramrod - replace the ramrod - half cock the hammer - place a copper percussion cap - fully cock the hammer - aim - fire
 * Flintlock Musket:**
 * took the average soldier was expected to fire off a shot every 20 seconds
 * 13 steps to firing a musket
 * not accurate weapon
 * unreliable in the rain


 * Cannon:**
 * crew of between seven to 14 men for each cannon
 * each had his own special job and the tools he needed to perform the job
 * ranged from calculating the proper elevation for the cannon to lighting the fuse when ready to fire
 * Washington’s Continental army practiced loading and firing until the complicated process became second nature
 * range was hundreds of yards
 * Bayonet:**
 * transformed a musket into a terrifyingly effective spear
 * handy for close or hand-to-hand combat
 * untrained soldiers were even known to have retreated in the face of bayonet attacks
 * were originally designed for the inside the barrel; plug bayonets
 * replaced with ones that could fit over the barrel of the musket; socket bayonets


 * Rifle:**
 * not the first choice for soldiers
 * much more accurate than muskets
 * grooves, or rifling, inside the barrel that literally makes a rifle a rifle
 * long time to load
 * Gun powder also had a tendency to quickly build up
 * bayonet could not be attached
 * Pistol:**
 * used by officers and the cavalry
 * only good at very close range
 * smoothbore; no grooves on the inside
 * decorations carved into the trigger housing and the stock
 * Bullets:**
 * cast their own musket or rifle shot

> artillery projectiles
 * Powder Horn:**
 * daggers and pole arms
 * swords