When the thirteen colonies were fighting for their independence from the British Kingdom, in 1775, the Second Continental Congress was the political organization that represented the revel states. Anyway, the Second Continental Congress created the Continental Army as a way to connect and merge the armies from all the states, so they could defeat the British forces. However, the Continental Army did NOT have excellent quality and quantity of equipment, because the States did not agree on how much each one had to pay. The lack of supplies and equipment demoralized the troops and was a big problem for the U.S. Army.