Minuteman companies

E1950
colonial militia units military organization

Minuteman companies were colonial militia units of American patriots trained to be rapidly deployable at a minute’s notice during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Danvers Alarm List Company 1
Massachusetts militia companies 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial militia units ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
early stages of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
dissolved late 1770s ⓘ
duty local defense ⓘ
rapid response to military threats ⓘ
support of Continental Army ⓘ
hasCharacteristic citizen-soldiers ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
locally organized ⓘ
part-time soldiers ⓘ
patriot-aligned ⓘ
rapidly deployable ⓘ
trained to respond at a minute’s notice ⓘ
volunteer-based ⓘ
hasPart Minutemen ⓘ
inception early 1770s ⓘ
inspired later American militia traditions ⓘ
location Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
other American colonies ⓘ
opposedTo Regular Army ⓘ
surface form: British regular army

Loyalist militias ⓘ
organizedBy local town committees ⓘ
provincial congresses ⓘ
partOf American colonial militia ⓘ
Patriot forces ⓘ
recruitsFrom artisans ⓘ
colonial landowners ⓘ
local farmers ⓘ
tradesmen ⓘ
replacedBy Continental Army ⓘ
state militias ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ
Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
symbolOf American patriotism ⓘ
citizen military service ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
colonial America ⓘ
training formation maneuvers ⓘ
marksmanship practice ⓘ
regular drilling ⓘ
use bayonets ⓘ
cartridge boxes ⓘ
muskets ⓘ
powder horns ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Battles of Lexington and Concord → involvedUnit → Minuteman companies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts militia companies
Battles of Lexington and Concord → involvedUnit → Minuteman companies ⓘ
subject surface form: Rebecca Nurse Homestead
this entity surface form: Danvers Alarm List Company