what kind of money was used in1770 (the revolutionary war)?

Answer 1

Nora is correct. In 1770 the American colonies were British,
so they used pence, schillings, and pounds just as they did in Britain.
Just to familiarize you with this (I always have to look this up) :
12 pennies or "pence" equal one schilling.
20 schillings make up a pound (so 240 silver pennies equal
a pound of silver or pound sterling)
The United States came into being in 1789 with the ratification of the Constitution. We adopted the dollar.
In the 1800s and up to World Wars I & II, the British pound was worth about five dollars. This is a crude review which our British friends could probably correct for me.

During the American Revolution we used paper money called continental dollars. They were often worth very little since they had little hard money (silver or gold) backing them up.
The phrase "not worth a continental" meant that something was as worthless as a continental dollar bill.

Here's a snippet from a Wiki source that seems OK.
Maybe this is more what you want.

"The history of the dollar in North America pre-dates US independence. Even before the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress had authorized the issuance of dollar denominated coins and currency, since the term 'dollar' was in common usage referring to Spanish colonial 8 real coins or "Spanish Milled Dollars". Though several monetary systems were proposed for the early republic, the dollar was approved by Congress in a largely symbolic resolution on 8 August 1786."

Incidentally - This was the first national monetary system to use the decimal system.

You might also like to know that before the American Civil War, most exchanges involved coins not paper bills. The U.S. "greenback" dollar so common to us today came into heavy use only during the Civil War.

Answer 2

Revolutionary War Money

Answer 3

Well yes, but of course they where not actually assault rifle by definition, but most where muskets and not rifles because they had no rifling (that spiral shape on the inside of the barrel that makes the spin as it exits the muzzle giving it better accuracy) and where smooth on the inside (or smoothbore) as rifling was not commonly used at the time. Also at the time there where few large scale gunsmiths and most guns where made by local gunsmiths so it wasn't like "I have a Smith & Wesson" it was more like "I have a gun made by Smith on the corner". That said there were a few very popular designs, one of the most infamous is the Brown Bess Musket, which was used for a great part of the Revolutionary War on both sides and was a gigantic bore .75 caliber musket. Also later in the war the French design Charleville rifle was used in .69 caliber. Now in between these two designs where all different shapes and sizes of muskets that each troop might have might be slightly different based on who the local gunsmith was. And yes there where sniper rifles, and they where actually rifles with rifling in the barrel as I discussed before. The Sniper rifles of the revolutionary war where primarily used by the Americans. One of the most common designs for these rifles was the Pennsylvania rifle in .50 caliber because it had a rifled barrel it could be much more accurate at greater lengths that a regular musket ball couldn't. But reloading rifled barrels at the time was even more difficult then reloading muskets and took longer as the ball they would ram down the barrel would have to be a tighter fit in order for it to rub against the rifling as it came out of the barrel and spin, and this would become even more difficult after a few shot in which the powder residue clogged the barrel making it even harder to ram a ball down the barrel. One more rather popular gun used by sailors during the revolutionary war was the blunderbuss (just google for an image), which was essentially the first ever combat shotgun, which would spray lead shot over a wide area in close quarters, which is why is was used to stop enemies from boarding ships. Also at the time all guns where muzzle loaders, so you got one shot and then had to reload. The most reliable ignition system of the time was a flintlock. Basically a hammer holding a piece of flint strikes a plate called a frizzen which ignites a spark which ignites the powder in the flash pan which ignites the powder in the main barrel and BOOM! These guns where very susceptible to not work in the rain if the powder got wet, which could make or break a fight. By modern standards the caliber of the guns of the revolutionary era where very large, one of the most common calibers was .52 and they went all the way up to .75 or more, and they would shoot either a solid lead ball or "grape-shot" (like shot in a shotgun shell) Hope this helps you with your paper!

Answer 4

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what kind of money was used in1770 (the revolutionary war)?

Answer 5

I assume you mean used in the American Colonies.

At that time (and for a short time after the war) the British Pound Sterling was the unit of currency in the Colonies (States).

Answer 6

British money was more popular because it was worth a lot more. The American dollars weren't because they were counterfitted and lost there worth.

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Answer 8

they were using pounds......i think