Let’s learn about the people that made up the American military forces during the Revolutionary War – it’s the Continental Army!

Summary: It is both the main military force that the American revolutionaries used to fight the War of Independence, and also a practical laboratory where the ideals of the Revolution got tested in the real world to see what would work and what wouldn’t.

Further Research: A Respectable Army by James Kirby Martin

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