Regionalism and the Military
Regionalism and the Military.Regional differences involving the military have been related to attitudes as well as other circumstances. Along the eastern seaboard, colonial governments in the English North Atlantic responded to Indians and rival Europeans by building forts and training white males to become the citizen‐soldiers of their local militias. Yet, over time, militiamen in New England faced different circumstances from their southern and western counterparts, and by the Revolutionary War, competing military traditions had arisen. In the South and landlocked West, the army was a preferred form of military service, whereas maritime New England emphasized the navy.
In the colonial era, the whole eastern seaboard faced European and Native‐American threats. In the South, however, the danger of hostilities lasted several decades longer, and outbreaks of warfare were more...
[The entire page is 1039 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Oxford University Press Titles
