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.
That was the Minutemen!
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Revolutionaries or Minutemen(supposedly because they were ready in a minute)
Yes
the fighting started at Lexington and ended in Concord Massachusetts
minutemen
The nickname given to the Colonial Soldiers in the American Revolution was Minutemen. They were called this because they were to go to fight in a minutes notice.
That was the Minutemen!
minutemen
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The minutemen, or a town's militia.
It officially started the American Revolution.
Minute Men
British soldiers were also called lobsterbacks because of their red uniforms. Some patriots were known as minutemen because of how quickly the could prepare for battle.
They were called the "Minute Men"
Revolutionaries or Minutemen(supposedly because they were ready in a minute)
Yes