England held the upper hand in the beginning of the war due to its strong army, navy, and experienced military planning. The continental army lost many battles due to formation fighting, lack of men and resources. ... The Continental army did fight in formation at the beginning of the war and costs the Americans many casualties and battle losses. Primary the militia used guerilla fighting and slowly picked off British troops one by one. This tactic worked very well, surprising and slowing the advance of the British army. ...

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If the colonies were to break away from British rule we would lose this advantage and be forced to rely on an unproven form of protection from militias. ... Worse than that, another world power such as France or Austria could simply walk in and overthrow the newly established colonial rule, who would be using a greatly weakened military having just fought the British army. ... The British navy is far too superior and the army is too well disciplined and too well armed. "Common Sense" has filled the minds of its readers with false hopes and has exaggerated the power of a continental army, whi...

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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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(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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At this time in the American Revolution only a few colonies with militias fighting against the British. Henry is pleading with Virginia to make a militia of its own and fight. ... " [Henry, pg. 1] Henry is asking the Continental Congress what the British have done in the past to justify the faith Americans had in the ministry. ... The delegates in the Continental Congress felt the same type of responsibility for their people. ... Before the American Revolution, the American colonists and the British army fought together in the French and Indian War. ...

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Slavery was a method of owning human beings which was started in colonial time in America but initially land owner used indenture servants but as indenture servants declined due to harsh conditions, land owner started purchasing slaves who were transported from Africa. The populations of slaves star...

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The Second Amendment states: "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Most gun control activists focus in isolation on the beginning of the amendment where the founders wrote that a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state. ...

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