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No not because it was because the English had new and approved weapons such as the long bow which was faster to load while the french had longbows which could take a 100 years to load( being sarcastic here)
There are a few reasons.Firstly, they had longbows which could fire up to eighteen arrows a minute.The French had crossbows which could only fir at around 5 arrows a minute.The English had a height advantage as well, which reduced the impact of the french cavalry charge, which made easy prey for the longbowmen.
The traditional 'correct' answer to why the English defeated the French there is "the devastating effect of the use of longbows by the English". It's probably the answer that your teacher will expect.
Later research and tests however have shown that a longbow arrow could only pierce body armour at a distance of about 20 meters (60 feet) or less. Longbow archers moreover were in the habit of firing their arrows at maximum range, so their impact was probably very limited anyway. The same tests showed that crossbows were much more effective than longbows at close range.
At Crécy, the real deciding factors were poor and hesitant generalship by the French King (his Marshal, a much more solid general, had been taken prisoner by the English a few days before the battle) who started the battle much too late in the day when a downpoor turned the soil to mud, making the French cavalry ineffective and sitting ducks for the English. The French moreover attacked without any order, which robbed them of the advantage of their superior numbers against a well-entrenched and much better organized enemy.
The English lost. They did not get the throne and lost all of their holdings in France except for Calais.
King Edward III led the English.
They defeated the French under King Philip of Valois.
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because they had a lot of pepole to help.
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What weapons where were used in the battle of crecy?
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