Ancient Egypt used them as burial places and Mayans used them as temple/burial places.
Russian nobles opposed industrialization because it would damage agriculture. Many of them were farmers or depended on agriculture in some way. Also it would threaten their power is they ruled over farm workers.<span />
Your answer is the battle of concord. it was <span>regarded as the first military victory for Americans. </span>it happened during the american revolution.
British casualties were very high, the british realized they would have to up their game
That is a poor convincer so your best bet is not doing that