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From earliest colonial times every man in the colonies was a member of the militia from the age of 18 to 60. Tensions grew in the year or so before actual warfare broke out in the spring of 1775, especially in the area around Boston. Colonels of the militia regiments formed "Minute Companies" from among their commands, usually the younger, more physically fit men, who were to be ready to drop whatever they were doing and take their arms and equipment to a predesignated rendezvous, at a minutes notice. Hence Minutemen, a kind of rapid reaction force.
They promised to be ready in a minute's notice.
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What was the name of the soldiers in the colonial army who could be called on in an emergency?
That was the Minutemen!
Where was the first fight between the American minutemen and the British soldiers?
lexington
What did American soldiers call themselves during the revolution?
Revolutionaries or Minutemen(supposedly because they were ready in a minute)
Are minutemen a group of soldiers?
Yes
Where did the first clash between the American minutemen and British soldiers occur?
the fighting started at Lexington and ended in Concord Massachusetts
