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).
Full Definition of DECADE. 1. : a group or set of 10: as a: a period of 10 years b: a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys. 2. : a ratio of 10 to 1: order of magnitude. The war lasted nearly a decade. 2  The bridge was built a decade ago. 3  The decade of the 1920s runs from January 1, 1920 to December 31, 1929. 4  the first decade of the 21st century.