Continental Army and Minute Men: Distinct Revolutionary Forces

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Kollan Luczejko-Reid
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1/15/16
Rev War Test Part B:
The Continental Army and The Minuten men
Back in 1775 when the colonist started the revolutionary war, two
great groups were created. The Continental Army (The army who fought for the whole country) and the Minute Men (Who fought for their own community). Now these two armies have very distinct differences and different views.
The Minute Men shall be the first for they were thought to show up on a minute’s notice (Hence their name, “Minute Men”). They were generally known as militia because they were local citizens fighting the British when they attack small communities. These were the type of people fighting at the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. They donned no uniforms and had no training in fighting compared to the British army and the Continental army. When the Minute Men went into combat, they were each expected to have a gun, some ammo, and their equipment. The towns would usually help each other out but that was as far as they went. Instead of the “Traditional Style” like the British used, these men used “Indian Tactics”. …show more content…

They followed and went wherever the battle went. These men had been enlisted or signed up and that meant they had to serve for a certain amount of time and they were to get payed for fighting. This army was generally made up of 2nd born sons who had no inheritance, men with no property, no skills or education, Immigrants, and very few women disguised as men. They fought and stayed together throughout it all. They had a structured leadership (Ex: General George Washington) and Congress supplied everything, including training. Congress often didn’t always supply tents and other supplies. At certain points, they starved and became sick and were sometimes unprepared. George Washington often tried to get the Continental army to fight the “Traditional Style” but it did not work out well and they switched to the typhoid

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