No, the <span>colonists did not have an army established before the start of the war--instead they had various state and local "militias" which were used to form the "continental army" during the war. </span>
the answer is C. a corollary
The reason why it's valuable is because there is very little of it in the world I can't describe it because I've never really seen it but I do know that you can find it in the ground mostly in little flecks I know this isn't the exact answer but it's all I have.