EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Militias were better
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They were the same thing
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The continental army was made of full-time soldiers
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The British were allies with the continental army
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Continental Army was an undisciplined, unprepared fighting force with makeshift uniforms and sloppy tactics (at least at the beginning of the war). The British Army was the world’s elite fighting force and fresh of victory of the globe-spanning Seven Years War against France and her allies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Continental Army reflected the diversity of the colonies. Coming from all 13 colonies, soldiers were native-born and immigrants of almost every nationality as well as free and enslaved African-Americans. Several women also disguised themselves as men in order to fight. The army accepted volunteers as young as 16.
Detailed explanation-3: -From 1775 until the Revolutionary War’s end in 1783, over 231, 000 men served in the Continental Army. Of that number, no more than 48, 000 men served at one time, and no more than 13, 000 were deployed in one place.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q: How were the British Army and the Continental Army alike? The armies were similar in the sense that the Continental Army more or less copied the modus operandi of the British Army because that was the only method known to them.