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It was here in 1775 that 100 barrels of gunpowder mysteriously disappeared from stores in Fort St. Catherine and found their way onto a boat bound for the use of the American revolutionaries.
… The top 10 inventions include electrification, contraceptives, gunpowder, and calculus.
On a dark night in mid-August 1775, several boats sailed into the dark harbor of Tobacco Bay near Fort St. Catherine and, in a daring and dangerous raid, stole 100 kegs of gunpowder from the main ordnance store.
The church became a barracks during Oliver Cromwell’s occupation of the city in the 1650; in 1718 there was an explosion of gunpowder that had been stored by city fathers in the tower.
The general trend dates back at least to the invention of gunpowder: As technology advances, the growing power, compactness, and accessibility of lethal technologies mean that more people in more lands have the option of committing atrocities of greater and greater severity.