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 compound - complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. The independent clauses here are "the Americans had no existing army" and "American troops were formed from militia". The dependent clause is "At the beginning of the Revolutionary War" and the relative - clause "who were trained for local defense" modifying "citizens".

Answer:

compound - complex