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 one dependent clause. The given sentence has: 1. Dependent clause: "At the beginning of the Revolutionary War" (adverbial dependent clause setting a time context); 2. Independent clause 1: "the Americans had no existing army"; 3. Independent clause 2: "American troops were formed from militia—groups of citizens from the thirteen colonies who were trained for local defense". It also includes an embedded relative clause ("who were trained for local defense") modifying "citizens", fulfilling the criteria for a compound-complex sentence.

Answer:

compound-complex