The New England Militia System During The Colonial Time In North America

The militiaman has extremely special significance in the American history.It was the only American national defense force Since the 1611 Virginia Bill has officially established the militia system in North America,has made significant contribution in safeguarding people' s life and property and preventing foreign invasion.The military needs and military development during this period,becomes the embryonic form of the North American military civilization,has a decisive impact on later American military development.The militia Act of 1903, also known as the Dick Act,realigning militia into today' s National Guard system,which becomes part of the country's armed forces and the army's important reserve force.This paper, under the guidance of historical materialism,draws the researching approaches and results at home and broad from a multitude of disciplines,such as military science,political science,sociology and history.It makes a preliminary probe into the typical New England militia system during colonial period with the methods of analyzing,conclusion and reasoning. The full text is divided into five parts:The first part mainly is traces this pursues the source,describes the US militia system establishment historical perspective from each aspect;The second part introduced the New England area militia system evolutionary process in detail;the third part through a number of original information analysis the colonial militia in the New England region,including its organization,the way of militia call-up,training,weapons and equipment,etc.;The fourth part elaborates the militiaman' s responsibility and military law;the fifth part elaborates the New England militiaman's contribution and the influence.