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*NOTABLE LEADERS* –>
*GEORGE WASHINTON*
(commander-in-chief)
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“CASIMIR PULASKI”
(general)
(polish mercenary?)
(what did he have to gain?)
(his opinion on ‘britain’?)
(no wife…no kids…)
(historians suspect ‘intersex’)
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*the continental army was formed by the ‘2nd continental congress’ after the outbreak of the ‘american revolutionary war’ by the colonies that became the ‘united states of america’*
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(established by a resolution of the ‘congress’ on ’14 june 1775′, it was created to coordinate the ‘military efforts’ of the ’13 colonies’ in their revolt against the rule of ‘great britain’)
(the ‘continental army’ was supplemented by ‘local militias’ + ‘troops’ that remained under control of the ‘individual states’ or were otherwise independent)
(“general george washington” was the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the army throughout the war)
(most of the ‘continental army’ was disbanded in ‘1783’ after the ‘treaty of paris’ ended the war)
(the 1st + 2nd regiments went on to form the nucleus of the ‘legion of the united states’ in ‘1792’ under “general anthony wayne”)
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*this became the foundation of the “united states army” in ‘1796’*
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