Angkatan Bersenjata Kontinental

Angkatan Bersenjata Kontinental adalah tentara Koloni Bersatu yang mewakili Tiga Belas Koloni dan kemudian Amerika Serikat selama Perang Revolusi Amerika. Kongres ini dibentuk pada tanggal 14 Juni 1775, berdasarkan resolusi yang disahkan oleh Kongres Kontinental Kedua, yang diadakan di Philadelphia setelah pecahnya perang. Tentara Kontinental dibentuk untuk mengoordinasikan upaya militer koloni dalam perang melawan Inggris, yang berusaha mempertahankan kendali atas koloni-koloni Amerika. Jenderal George Washington diangkat menjadi panglima Angkatan Darat Kontinental dan mempertahankan posisi ini sepanjang perang.

Angkatan Bersenjata Kontinental
Stempel Dewan Perang dan Persenjataan
Pendiri	Kongres Kontinental Kedua
Panglima	George Washington
Waktu operasi	14 Juni 1775 (1775-06-14) – 1783 (1783)
Mematuhi	Tiga Belas Koloni (1775–1776) Amerika Serikat (1776–1783)
Jumlah anggota	80.000 pada puncaknya
Lawan	Inggris pemerintah, Angkatan Darat Inggris, pembantu Jerman
Pertempuran dan perang	Perang Revolusi Amerika Pengepungan Boston Pertempuran Long Island Pertempuran Dataran Tinggi Harlem Pertempuran Dataran Putih Pertempuran Trenton Pertempuran Sungai Assunpink Pertempuran Princeton Pertempuran Brandywine Pertempuran Germantown Pertempuran Saratoga Pengepungan Augusta Pertempuran Monmouth Pengepungan Charleston Pertempuran Camden Pertempuran Cowpens Pertempuran Gedung Pengadilan Guilford Pertempuran Mata Air Eutaw Pengepungan Sembilan Puluh Enam Pengepungan Yorktown
Warna	Biru tua

Angkatan Darat Kontinental dilengkapi dengan milisi ​​lokal dan pasukan sukarelawan yang setia kepada masing-masing negara bagian atau independen. Sebagian besar Angkatan Darat Kontinental dibubarkan pada tahun 1783 setelah Perjanjian Paris secara resmi mengakhiri perang. Resimen ke-1 dan ke-2 Angkatan Darat Kontinental kemudian membentuk apa yang kemudian menjadi Legiun Amerika Serikat pada tahun 1792, yang pada akhirnya menjadi landasan pembentukan Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat.

Pertempuran utama

Para penembak di pertempuran Saratoga.

• Pengepungan Boston
• Pertempuran Long Island
• Pertempuran Dataran Tinggi Harlem
• Pertempuran Trenton
• Pertempuran Sungai Assunpink
• Pertempuran Princeton
• Pertempuran Brandywine
• Pertempuran Germantown
• Pertempuran Saratoga
• Pertempuran Monmouth
• Pengepungan Charleston
• Pertempuran Camden
• Pertempuran Cowpens
• Pertempuran Gedung Pengadilan Guilford
• Pengepungan Yorktown

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Pranala luar

• "Von Steuben's Continentals", a video