How did the Hundred Years' War affect standing armies? It increased their power. ... Advanced weapons led to a stronger aristocracy and weaker armies. Advanced weapons led to stronger armies and weaker monarchies.
They wore heavy woolen uniforms which were unsuited to Cuba's tropical heat.
The trial of Peter Zenger, a noted publisher in New York, worked to establish the rights of a free press.
Zenger's trial was still fresh in the minds of some of the founders when they worked to push for an Amendment to the Constitution a generation later that expressly gave the press rights.
