USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775 by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia after the war’s outbreak.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although citizen militias played an important role in the conflict, the fledgling nation fielded a formal military force known as the Continental Army, America’s first army.

Detailed explanation-3: -Militia existed in the colonies long before the American Revolution. With the exception of Pennsylvania, colonies required most able-bodied men to own weapons, to be willing to be called for periodic training, and to defend their communities from attack, primarily by Indians. This was the colonial militia.

Detailed explanation-4: -the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.

Detailed explanation-5: -Militias were groups of local men who organized themselves to defend their communities against threats-they suppressed slave rebellions and other local uprisings, fought for territory against Indians, and participated in the French and Indian War.