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the colonist in the revolutionary war still hunted for a lot of their food. the hunting rifles that they had were the most common weapon used by the colonial militia. these guns were built in America for a long time before the war and were more accurate then the British muskets.

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They purchased them, during the American revolution we got many muskets from the french.

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Type your answer here... John Brown of Providence, RI owned an iron foundry and supplied cannons and cannon balls to General Washington.

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they got some of their weapons from France. the France Charleville musket

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They got it at Fort Ticonderoga .

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