Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies, comprising the North American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War.
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Minutemen provided a highly mobile, rapidly deployed force that enabled the colonies to respond immediately to military threats.
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Minutemen always kept in touch with the political situation in Boston and their own towns.
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Not only did the Minutemen have political awareness of events in New England, but of those occurring in Europe, such as Britain's lack of allies.
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Minutemen tended to get more training in line tactics and drill than the regular militia.
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Minutemen made sure that every men in his company had a good musket, cartridge box, canteen, and bayonet.
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Minutemen are portrayed in "Paul Revere's Ride", a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Minutemen was a militant anti-Communist organization in the early 1960s.
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Minutemen are featured in 2010 strategic video game Civilization V by Firaxis.
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