The minutesman
Minutemen were patriots who could be ready to fight at a minutes notice.
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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.
minute men (im not sure whether it is one or two words
They were New England colonists who were part of their local militia. They were given the nickname "minutemen" because they were suppose to be ready to fight at a minutes notice.
The minutesman
The minute men were men who got dressed very fast. That is why they were called that. it literally came from the fact that they were known to be ready for battle at a minutes notice.
Because they could be ready to fight with short notice, i.e. in mere minutes.
Minutemen were people who were ready to fight in a war at a minutes notice.
Minutemen were patriots who could be ready to fight at a minutes notice.
The Minutemen.
minutemen
A minute man.
They were ready to fight on a minute's notice
militia
American militia. The minute men were American militia that would be ready to fight on a minutes notice during the American Revolution.