Question

which type of sentence is this? at the beginning of the revolutionary war, the americans had no existing army, so american troops were formed from militia—groups of citizens from the thirteen colonies who were trained for local defense. simple compound complex compound - complex

Explanation:

To determine the sentence type, we analyze its structure:

1. A compound - complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

• Independent clauses: "At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the Americans had no existing army" and "American troops were formed from militia".
• Dependent clause: "who were trained for local defense" (modifies "groups of citizens from the thirteen colonies").
• A simple sentence has only one independent clause. A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses but no dependent clauses. A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Since this sentence has two independent clauses and one dependent clause, it is compound - complex.

Answer:

compound - complex