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They were a part of the militia. In every colony except Pennsylvania, every male between 18 and 60 was part of the militia. He had to provide himself with a weapon and equipment, and muster several times a year for drills. In the New England states, as tensions grew in the year or two before the Revolution started, militia units began forming "minute companies", of young, strong men, who were to be prepared to drop whatever they were doing and hurry to the militia rallying point agreed to before hand, at a minutes notice.
The Minutemen, who were private independently organized colonists who formed well-prepared militia companies. They were self-trained in weaponry, tactics and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War.
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The Minutemen.
The original non-native Americans were IMMIGRANTS. Many of the people living in America during the American Revolution were immigrants. The British Colony of America was often used by Britain (and other European Countries followed the same practice) of unloading their criminals, by banishing them to the "Americas." Like Australia, America was loosely used by European Nations as a "Penal Colony."
South Carolina is now a state of the U. S. Before the American Revolution, it was a colony of Great Britain.
It was a proprietary colony until the American Revolution was finished.
It didn't as Kentucky was neither a colony nor state during the American Revolution.
The Green Mountain Boys were a colonial militia organized to defend the Vermont Colony from Indian attacks, and were active in territorial disputes with other colonies. They were also active in the American Revolution mostly supporting the Patriot side. Their most prominent leader was Ethan Allen.
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They were a part of the militia. In every colony except Pennsylvania, every male between 18 and 60 was part of the militia. He had to provide himself with a weapon and equipment, and muster several times a year for drills. In the New England states, as tensions grew in the year or two before the Revolution started, militia units began forming "minute companies", of young, strong men, who were to be prepared to drop whatever they were doing and hurry to the militia rallying point agreed to before hand, at a minutes notice.
Many British Loyalists became instant Canadians after the American Revolution.
At Lexington and Concord, in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Jamestown was part of the Virginia colony which fought in the American Revolution.
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Virginia
Texas played no part at all in the American Revolution; at that time it was a part of the Spanish colony of Mexico.