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:

A simple sentence has one independent clause. A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. A compound - complex sentence has two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. The given sentence "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." has two independent clauses ("the Americans had no existing army" and "American troops were formed from militia—groups of citizens from the thirteen colonies") and one dependent clause ("At the beginning of the Revolutionary War") and a relative clause ("who were trained for local defense") modifying "groups of citizens". So it is a compound - complex sentence.

Answer:

compound - complex