USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute’s notice, hence the name.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Minutemen were the first armed militia to arrive or await a battle. Although today Minutemen are thought of as connected to the Revolutionary War in America, their existence was conceived in Massachusetts during the mid-seventeenth century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Loyalty to the Colony Many of the militia men were veterans of wars against the French and Indians. In those earlier battles, they had fought in the name of the English crown, but their true loyalty may have been toward their own colony.

Detailed explanation-4: -minuteman, in U.S. history, an American Revolution militiaman who agreed to be ready for military duty “at a minute’s warning.”