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Continental Army

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1 The American Continental Army was an army formed after the outbreak of the ________ by the colonies that became the United States of America.

2 General ________ was the Commander-in-Chief of the army throughout the war.

3 This resulted in the Siege of Yorktown, the decisive ________, and the surrender of the British southern army.

4 (The militia troops developed a reputation for being prone to premature retreats, a fact that was integrated into the strategy at the ________.)

5 ________ collapsed, however, the British maintained control over them, as they would into the 1790's.

6 Planning for the transition to a peacetime force had begun in April 1783 at the request of a congressional committee chaired by ________.

7 ________ applied the techniques of wilderness operations perfected by Sullivan's 1779 expedition against the Iroquois.

8 Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on May 10, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the ________ in their revolt against the rule of Great Britain.

9 Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783 after the ________ ended the war.

10 The Continental Army was racially integrated, a condition the United States Army would not see again until the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Commander-in-Chief's Guard was a unit of the Continental Army that protected George Washington during the American Revolutionary War?
  • the Stockbridge Militia was the first Native American unit in the Continental Army?
  • the war veterans' memorial (pictured) in Suffern, New York, is built on land where George Washington and Rochambeau camped with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
  • the town of Morris, Connecticut is named in honor of coeducation pioneer Major James Morris, who served in the Continental Army with George Washington?
  • a portrait of Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko in the uniform of a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary Army is featured at the Polish American Museum in Port Washington, New York?
  • a portion of Virginia's 71-mile (114 km) Massanutten Trail was built on orders from George Washington as a route of retreat should the Continental Army be defeated at Yorktown?
  • James Moore, hero of the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, was one of only five generals from North Carolina to serve in the Continental Army?
  • Joseph Leavitt, nicknamed "Quaker Joe", was a conscientious objector during the American Revolutionary War, having laid down his weapon after three months of fighting for the Continental Army?
  • Light Horse Tavern was named after Henry Lee III, a Continental Army soldier during the American Revolution known as "Light Horse Harry"?
  • James Lingan, officer of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, was beaten to death by a mob in Baltimore, Maryland for defending the freedom of the press?
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