Elizabethan Era Weaponry <Tab/>War during the Elizabethan era, as well as in any other period of time, was almost inevitable. Battles will always be fought and people will always fall as a result of this. It's axiomatic that the side with the more advanced weapons will easily crush their enemies. During the Elizabethan era weapons could determine whether a country would remain free or fall to a country with more …
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…are just improved versions of the old Wheel lock and Monk's gun. The importance of weapons hasn't decreased a bit. Even though everybody knows war is not the best solution to a problem it is sometimes the only possible solution. The evolution cannons and guns went through during the Elizabethan Age was significant. Weapons went from getting their power from simple machines to getting the power from a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.