The Minutemen

The minutemen were selected men from the colonial Militia. This were called minutemen because when they were summoned to fight they got ready in a rush.The minutemen were among the first people to fight in the American Revolution. They were  about one fourth of the Militia. Minutemen and the sons of liberty  spread the news that the British readcoats were heading to Lexington and Concord. The minutemen were ready for every situation even though they had no trainment as the English troops had.The requiremnets for being part of the Minutemen was to have twenty five years or younger you had to be enthusiastic, you had to be reliable person and you had to have physical strenght and resistence. The Minutemen are connected to the revolution because theuy played an important role in it but the origins of the minutemen date from Massachusetts during the midseventeenth century. In 1645 they started to select men to arm them with what they had on hand and they had to get ready to fight in at most one hour.The only disadvantage that the Minutemen had was that they had no central organization.