Continental Army
Colonial military force
The Continental Army was the military force of the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, established in 1775 and commanded by George Washington.
It fought against British forces until American independence was secured in 1783.
The term appears in historical contexts: Washington led the Continental Army through the winter at Valley Forge.
Massachusetts town, 1775 battle
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- TrentonNew Jersey's capital city
- PrincetonIvy League university
- SaratogaNew York battle site
Yorktown · Brandywine · Monmouth · Germantown · Charleston
Non-professional armed force
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- cavalryMounted military force
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
muskets · bayonets · flintlock · cannon · dragoons · encampment · barracks · fortifications
Colonial instant-ready militia
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- regularsHabitual visitors
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- conscriptsCompulsory military personnel
deserters · veterans · prisoners · casualties · rations · hardship · disease · smallpox
Absence of unjust constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- republicState with elected leaders
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
Patriots · rebellion · revolution · nationhood · autonomy · struggle · resistance
Highest military authority holder
- aide-de-campPersonal military assistant
- generalsBroad statements or commanders
- officersThose holding authority
Lexington
Massachusetts town, 1775 battle
Saratoga · Yorktown · Brandywine · Monmouth · Germantown · Charleston
militia
Non-professional armed force
artillery · muskets · bayonets · flintlock · cannon · dragoons · encampment · barracks · fortifications · drill
Minutemen
Colonial instant-ready militia
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- regularsHabitual visitors
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
conscripts · deserters · veterans · prisoners · casualties · rations · hardship · disease · smallpox · inoculation
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- republicState with elected leaders
self-determination · Patriots · rebellion · revolution · nationhood · autonomy · struggle · resistance
commander-in-chief
Highest military authority holder
- aide-de-campPersonal military assistant
- generalsBroad statements or commanders
- officersThose holding authority
- Revolutionary Unitsmilitia, minutemen, state militia
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, founding fathers, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- US MilitaryMarine Corps, Air Force, Pentagon, West Point, Annapolis
- George Washingtonfirst president, Mount Vernon, founding father, crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge
Continental ArmyBritish Army
UK's land warfare branch
redcoats · British regulars · British military · Hessians · Royal Navy
army, continent, continents, continental, continentals, Continental Congress