WORLD 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: -Militia were men in arms formed to protect their towns from foreign invasion and ravages of war. Minutemen were a small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly. Minutemen were selected from militia muster rolls by their commanding officers.

Detailed explanation-3: -One Minuteman, Paul Revere, was sent to warn the people of Concord, who moved the weapons and supplies. On April 18, Paul Revere and another Minuteman, William Dawes, were sent again to warn towns about more British movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some militias were known as minutemen because they boasted they would be ready to fight at a minute’s notice. They supported the war. They believed that the colonists should have the right to govern themselves. The Patriots were determined to fight the British until American independence was won.

Detailed explanation-5: -minuteman, in U.S. history, an American Revolution militiaman who agreed to be ready for military duty “at a minute’s warning.”