Fearing for her life, Martha, at the urging of relatives, decided to free her deceased husbandâs slaves immediately. On January 1, 1801, a bit more than a year after Georgeâs death, Washingtonâs slaves gained their liberty.
The Hundred Years' War was a time of rapid military evolution. Weapons, tactics, army structure and the social meaning of war all changed, partly in response to the war's costs, partly through advancement in technology and partly through lessons that warfare taught.efore the Hundred Years' War, heavy cavalry (knights) was considered the most powerful unit in an army, but by the war's end, this belief had shifted. The heavy horse was increasingly negated by the use of the longbow (and, later, another long-distance weapon: firearms).
Hundred Years War, Medieval Military. The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France. As historians do not fail to point out, it was not a single war that lasted for a hundred years, but a sporadic succession of wars on the same theme. Apart from naval engagements and coastal raids, it was fought entirely on French soil and is thought to have reduced the population of France by perhaps half.