(Smith, 269) On the battlefield, it was the fighting between the loyalist Tories and the continental rebel armies that were the most hostile. It was the rebel militias that actually eliminated a great deal of the loyalist support throughout the war. ... Consequently, as rebel militias fought hard to drive loyalists out of the colonies, the growth of a strong loyalist party had been successfully prevented. ... Initially, the continental army lacked the training and order exhibited by British troops, but with the leadership of a few pivotal men, the American troops came to hone their combat ski...

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(Smith, 269) On the battlefield, it was the fighting between the loyalist Tories and the continental rebel armies that were the most hostile. It was the rebel militias that actually eliminated a great deal of the loyalist support throughout the war. ... Consequently, as rebel militias fought hard to drive loyalists out of the colonies, the growth of a strong loyalist party had been successfully prevented. ... Initially, the continental army lacked the training and order exhibited by British troops, but with the leadership of a few pivotal men, the American troops came to hone their combat ski...

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Eventually, these nonviolent forms of protest and noncooperation came to a very harsh end when the Revolutionary War broke out during a confrontation at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, in which the British troops fired shots at the local militia in what is now known as the "shot heard round the world.... This war was fought, in the case of the newly formed United States, by local militias and the Continental Army. ... Despite having has won their freedom from the crown, this newly implemented government had very little power in establishing a standing army, in creating a stable econ...

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The House of Burgess and Continental Congress representative was instrumental in American history, influencing the colonial grievances with Britain, inciting colonial British disgust, and most certainly his contributions to the newly formed American government. ... He was an extremely powerful militia general during the revolutionary war, contributing in many ways to the independence effort. ... Through his military expertise, he developed a standing army of minutemen, proverbially starting from scratch, and rose up against the Crown. ... He was first off second in command of the Continent...

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