I assume the soldiers of the Continental Army were armed by the army, while the militia may have provided their own arms, but have no reason to believe this besides some general history knowledge, so please, correct me if I'm wrong.
If the arms were provided, where did the money come from? How about the guns themselves?
Can you give me a general idea of how the logistics worked? (e.g. the city of Boston contributed tax money to the Continental army, who contracted out smiths who made the guns)
Was the French government a big contributor of arms to the Americans?
Thank you to anyone who has taken the time to read through this, and a thank you in advance to anyone who may decide to take a crack at answering this.
The soldiers were armed by the Continental army, but the guns and cannons were bought and paid for by the continental congress. Each state provided money to congress, whom bought the guns based on the army's need. They didn't always have the money though. Not many guns that I know of were made in America, especially artillery. Most weapons were provided by France, Spain who was also at war with the Brits at the time by way of their colony in Florida, and some other European supporters like Holland.