Armor still continued to be worn in some degree during this period,
but it consisted chiefly of the helmet with breastplates and
backplates. Firearms of various kinds were in general use; also hand
grenades, or small bombs, and the bayonet. The chief wars of the
period were the Civil War, the wars with the Dutch, William's war with
France, which extended to America, and the War of the Spanish
Succession.