Plants and animals are important in human life

The first gun crafted entirely in the colonies, the Flintlock Fowler was an early version of the modern day shotgun. The gun featured a light butt designed to easily fit the shoulder, allowing the user to focus evenly down the length of the barrel and greatly increasing accuracy. North Carolinians used the gun mainly for small game hunting there and the other colonies. While the Fowler was accurate, and easy to fire from horseback, the gun did have some severe drawbacks. Reloading in damp weather could cause a misfire or a blown barrel. Revolutionary War hero, and first U.S. Secretary of War, Henry Cox lost two fingers on his left hand when the barrel of his Fowler exploded. The invention of the percussion cap in the early 19th century by Scottish gunsmith Alexander John Forsyth eliminated most misfires as the result of reloading, rendering weapons like the Fowler obsolete.

• The first gun crafted entirely in the colonies, the Flintlock Fowler was an early version of the modern day shotgun. The gun featured a light butt designed to easily fit the shoulder, allowing the user to focus evenly down the length of the barrel and greatly increasing accuracy. North Carolinians used the gun mainly for small game hunting there and the other colonies. While the Fowler was accurate, and easy to fire from horseback, the gun did have some severe drawbacks. Reloading in damp weather could cause a misfire or a blown barrel. Revolutionary War hero, and first U.S. Secretary of War, Henry Cox lost two fingers on his left hand when the barrel of his Fowler exploded. The invention of the percussion cap in the early 19th century by Scottish gunsmith Alexander John Forsyth eliminated most misfires as the result of reloading, rendering weapons like the Fowler obsolete.

Glossary

• Human
• beings
• hunted
• animals
• gathered
• plants
• for food
• long
• before
• formation
• of permanent
• settlements.
• Some
• the earliest

• Inson
• Mavjudotlar
• Ovlagan
• hayvonlar
• yig'ilgan
• o'simliklar
• oziq-ovqat uchun
• uzoq
• oldin
• shakllanishi
• doimiy
• aholi punktlari.
• Biroz
• eng ertasi