Lecture 13: Organizing a War (HIST 116)
The lecture examines the challenges faced by the Continental Congress in organizing the war effort, specifically addressing issues of regionalism, localism, supply shortages, and the inexperience in army management.
The American Revolution (HIST 116)
In this lecture, Professor Freeman discusses four difficulties that the Continental Congress faced in organizing the colonial war effort: regionalism, localism, the supply shortage that the Continental Army faced in providing for its troops, and the Continental Congress's inexperience in organizing an army. The lecture concludes with a discussion of a Connecticut newspaper from July 1776.
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