Because they could be ready to fight with short notice, i.e. in mere minutes.
The First Continental Congress originally called for peace. When peace was not possible a declaration of war was issued and a declaration of independence.
John Dickinson, a Founding Father, called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for Independence from Britain.
They got there name because that's what they wanted
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The Buffalo Soldiers.
That was the Minutemen!
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The minutemen, or a town's militia.
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British soldiers were also called lobsterbacks because of their red uniforms. Some patriots were known as minutemen because of how quickly the could prepare for battle.
The nickname given to the Colonial Soldiers in the American Revolution was Minutemen. They were called this because they were to go to fight in a minutes notice.
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it was made up of minutemen with are also called militiamen (they were regular people that had not a lot of training.
Why do you think they are called minutemen? About a minute.
They were called the "Minute Men"
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