On June 14th, 1775, the Continental Army was created by the
Second Continental Congress to form a unified force against the
British. The British, for their part, generally reacted with
full belly laughs and extra rounds of tea. You see, up until
that point, the Patriots' military capability had generally been
militia, which according to Mel Gibson had lots of guys with bad
teeth and penchants for eating dogs. To be sure, there was no
unified army to back up the will of the Patriots until the
Continental Army was formed. This could have been quite
embarrassing - showing up to battle with no color coordination
(imagine a line of British Officers simultaneously humphing). So
what happened exactly during those couple months? Well, in
keeping with the spirit of the make-shift army, here is a make-
shift timeline: - April 19th, 1775: Massachusetts Militia face
off with British forces at Lexington. The British were
attempting to destroy a weapons depot gathered by the colonists,
which, as anyone who has tried to take