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They were a part of the militia.
In every colony except Pennsylvania, every male between 18 and 60 was part of the militia. He had to provide himself with a weapon and equipment, and muster several times a year for drills.
In the New England states, as tensions grew in the year or two before the Revolution started, militia units began forming "minute companies", of young, strong men, who were to be prepared to drop whatever they were doing and hurry to the militia rallying point agreed to before hand, at a minutes notice.
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What is another name for the name Minutemen?
American militia. The minute men were American militia that would be ready to fight on a minutes notice during the American Revolution.
What were Militia men who promised to be ready to fight even on short notice against the British were referred to as?
During the American Revolutionary War, the militia men who were ready at a moments notice were called Minutemen. They were mainly composed of young men who could be mobile.
What were the members of the coloinal militia called?
minute men
What is a sentence for militia?
A couple of men who were militias were told to fight in the Revolutionary War. In the US, the militia is entirely voluntary.
Well prepared militia companies in Massachusetts were known as what?
Minute Men?
