Why do you think the ottoman empire was called the gunpowder empire

The Ottoman empire was the first empire to use gunpowder weapons in their armed forces to a trained, coordinated and large scale way. The use of field artillery and large cannons to batter walls of fortresses such as Constantinople was new and terrifying. Infantry units were also armed and trained in the use of firearms on a large scale.

the revolution instituted a short-lived roman republic.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.