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Where U.S. Civilian Control over the Military Began
Our Founding Fathers were uncomfortable with having a standing army and a navy. Thus, in 1783, with the Treaty of Paris signed, the Continental Army was dissolved and its equipment and supplies divided amongst the state militias. The Continental Navy suffered a similar fate, and all its ships were sold or broken up.
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