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British criticism of the colonies in 1763?
The British had multiple criticisms of the colonies in 1763. They thought the colonial militia had been poorly trained. The colonies did not pay the war costs and General Washington did no obey orders to attach a French fort.
What Is A Wiretap?
A wiretap is a term that generally describes the activity of listening in on someone's phone conversation. This can be done legally by the police using a court order or illegally by criminals. The term "wiretap" derives from the fact that they attach wires to a circuit in the phone lines and so they are tapping into the electronic signal.
Why do members of congress attach riders to bills?
Generally, it is to pass a poor piece of legislation by attaching it to a good piece of legislation. The main good bill and the poor rider become one bill. The Congressman attaching the bad rider hopes that it will pass because the other Congressmen want the good main part to pass. Riders like these would probably not pass unless attached to something substantially better.
What is a maypole?
I remember as a child 50 years aoo, several of us would attach different color ribbons to the top of a pole and we would walk around the pole holding a ribbon, wrapping the pole in many colors. Its done on May 1st, "May Day," to signify unity of working people. Its history can be found at http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/5202/mayday.htm
What does a trebuchet look like?
The only difference between a trebuchet and a catapult is a catapult is triggered by a spring mechanism and a trebuchet is triggered by weight placed on the throwing. You put weight on the short end of the throwing arm and your projectile goes in a sling attached to the other end. When you release the throwing arm the weight pulls the long end of the throwing arm and launches the sling over and around the rest of the trebuchet. The weight can be positioned in one of two ways, it can be in a fixed position on the end of the throwing arm then there must be wheels attached to the base of the trebuchet so the swinging of the arm doesn't tip over the trebuchet. The other option is to attach the weight with a swinging mechanism such as a basket attached to the end of the arm.
