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Continental Army Advantages

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The Continental Army was the USA's Army during the Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775 by the Second Continental Congress. George Washington was the general of the army. It consisted of about 22,000 troops. 9000 of those troops were slaves. That number is kind of high, right? It’s because the Continental Army said that they could be free if they fought for them, but few slaves were actually freed. The British freed all of the slaves that fought on their side, despite the fact that they lost. The whole Continental Army was fueled by hope and support by the French and Spanish. They were forced to work harder for their victories than the British forces because they had to first organize themselves, train new soldiers, find guns, …show more content…

Probably not. Unfortunately, the people who did fight in the war didn’t have a choice. Despite the fact that the odds of them winning were very low. Some of the advantages were that these battles were close to home so troops got to the battlefields faster, but the British there troops took months to get there, which can really hinder their army. Another advantage is that the Continental Army had two countries helping them. France and Spain provided funds and ammunition to the young army. That helped the Continental Army motivate the troops to give their all while fighting. Training was something that the army did not have. On the other hand, having less troops made it easier to train. Which would you rather have? 56,000 poorly trained troops or 20000 highly trained …show more content…

General George Washington immediately recognized that I was not an ordinary soldier and he appointed me as senior aide to the general. I am very pleased about this. I am very excited, but scared. I fear that I may be killed but for my country, anything..

July 29 1777
I had just joined the war, I immediately became senior aide to general george washington. I want to fight in this war. I want to prove myself to the world. I had just met aaron burr. I was has seaking accelerated course. I talked to him for awhile, I am really liking him he is very intelligent. We have a drink together, we talked about the war and what we think of it. I said to I want to fight. I was wondering who shot the first bullet I'll have to get more information about that

July 30 1777 I'm still wondering about George Washington strategy. I'm getting worried about what he's going to do. I hope you find something in the county of the British strategy and mass numbers. I still can't find who fired the first shot that started the war. I'm getting worried about the British attack in any of the colonies now. we need some way to train our troops. I wonder what the British general has in mind for the 13

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