The answer necessary to fill in the blank in the question: The ____ employed the military strategy of using the local geography to their advantage, would be, A: Continental Army.
Explanation:
It must be remembered that the American Revolutionary War initiated not as an organized effort of a colonial army against the British military forces, but rather as disconnected, un-organized militia groups from different colonies whose drive was to fight off the British due to the injustices that were being perpetrated by the British troops, the British Parliament and mostly, the British King. It was not until 1775 that the efforts at independence organized themselves fully and with the support of the Second Continental Congress, and after the battles of Lexington and Concord, that the Continental Army was formed. What is important to know is that this Army was now the organized union of all those milita forces, and these forces came with a lot of knowledge of the geographies where they would engage the British. This knowledge proved vital for many of the victories that the colonists had on the much better armed, and more powerful British troops.
It had many causes, but there were two main issues that split the nation: first was the issue of slavery, and second was the balance of power in the federal government. The South was primarily an agrarian society.
