Craftory: Catapult Cannons

[Music] welcome to craftery by prageru kids crafts history and your questions I'm Jill and today we're making a crafty catapult to learn about how cannons played a big part in the American Revolution catapults were the weapons used before cannons were invented here's what you'll need for today craft sticks rubber bands plastic spoons and small items to launch I'm using American coins and that's it got a question [Music] cannons invented that's a tough question well we already know that cannons are large weapons that fire across long distances some say that cannons were invented in ancient China and eventually started being used in Europe way back in the 1100s and 1200s that's almost a thousand years ago the first kinds of can inspired Stone but during the 1400s cannonballs made of iron started to be launched each one could weigh up to 220 pounds and that's a heavy weapon to catapult and speaking of catapults let's start making our crafty catapult now get five craft sticks and rubber bands okay let's count them one two three four five stack your craft sticks right on top of each other [Music] foreign just like this and rubber band both ends all right next get two craft sticks and rubber band only one end [Music] just like that now separate the two sticks and put the five sticks between them like this there we go once you've done this rubber band these together tightly and I just sort of wrap it around all different ways you can kind of just figure it out it doesn't matter how you do it but you just wrap it around just to make sure they all stay in place did it work I think so you know cannons were used during the American Revolution when General George Washington's small army was fighting for America's Freedom against Great Britain's massive Army the Cannons back then were made of iron or bronze and bronze was actually stronger the Cannons weighed anywhere between 450 to 1 000 pounds but they could be moved around thanks to carriages with large Wheels our catapult here is a lot lighter than that we're almost done once you've attached the two sets of craft sticks together like this you're going to take your spoon and slip it into the rubber bands might be kind of tricky that you can do it secure this is a high-tech weapon here we gotta do it right this is our launching platform so before we get this going I have to tell you about the Battle of Yorktown the last battle of the American Revolution that the Americans won this forced the British to end the war three types of artillery were used in the Battlefield guns that fired cannonballs Siege cannons that destroyed buildings and ships and mortars that were mounted on a flatbed so it could fire High across the air the British had more weapons than George Washington's Army but the American Patriots skilled gun Crews and Siege cannons earned the Americans Victory the British surrendered 244 artillery pieces weapons at Yorktown and America one Independence I just had an idea you mind if we make another one of these hang tight [Music] all right two catapult cannons ready to go we've got the red coat British Army and we've got George Washington's Continental Army and what are we launching American coins three two one [Music] okay I can't play this by myself we need Helping Hands yes three two one fire oh [Music] yes fire the Americans won how do you like that catapults were one of the first kinds of weapons used in ancient times which led to the creation of cannons which helped America win independence from Great Britain back in 1783. George Washington's Army and America's founding fathers knew how important it was for people to be able to fight for Freedom against tyranny which is why the Second Amendment of our United States Constitution grants responsible Americans the right to bear arms this was a blast we hope you had fun if you've got ideas or questions for our next craftery send them our way keep crafting keep learning and keep celebrating land of the free and the home of the brave what do you say we do one more for freedom three two one [Music] thank you for watching you know we've got more episodes right watch the whole series And subscribe at prageru kids.com