Officially, all males over 18 were supposed to be in the militia.
Depending on the state, 1/3 to 1/4 of the militia were to be designated "Minutemen", the first to be called out and ready when enemy troop movements were discovered.
The actual number is not apparent in history because the minutemen were often part of a militia,
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The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.
Minutemen first fought British regulars at Lexington and Concord.
Minutemen first fought British regulars at Lexington and Concord.
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I dont know the year, but it was 19 of April and in the 1770's
The area of Massachusetts, USA including and between the towns of Lexington and Concord.
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That even though the militia of the American colonies were just Minutemen, they could fight a revolutionary war against Britain.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
The minutemen were the colonial men who would fight the British.
On April 19, 1775 in the colonial town of Lexington the first shot was fired. Seventy-seven of the men waited on the town green for the British. No one knows who fired the first shot, but before the British moved on to Concord several colonists were dead and houses burned.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord themselves were won by the British troops who marched out of Boston in 1775 to take weapons that were being stockpiled by colonists of Massachussetts that were seeking independence. That said however, the sporadic fighting however after the battles themselves caused the British forces serious casualties. Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord the Massachussetts Colonial Militia also known as Minutemen who had lost those battles attacked the British on their return march to Boston from Lexington and Concord. These attacks were American Indian style attacks where the Minutemen were camoflagued as they attacked and the British could not see them to fight back. In the end of the Lexington and Concord engagements there were some approximately 50 Minutemen casualties of dead and wounded troops while there were some 300 British casualties of dead and wounded upon their return to Boston.
The Shot heard around the world.