Minute Men

1. Minute Men • The bravest colonists in the colonies • MWK

2. What are minutemen? Minutemen were citizen soldiers in the American colonies who were handpicked to fight the British at a minutes warning or notice during the time before the American Revolution.

3. Age Most of the minutemen who fought the British were an average of 25 years old. The oldest was 68 years old.

4. What did minute men do for a living? Minutemen were an elite group of handpicked farmers, silversmiths, other common workmen, and soldiers.

5. Why do people call minutemen minutemen ? The minutemen had to go to battle and be prepared in usually half an hour or less. Sometimes, even minutes or less. That is why minutemen are called the minutemen. This is something a minutemen would were on patrol and battle. There are many different uniforms and this is one uniform.

6. What was the biggest battle the minutemen fought in? The Battle of Lexington and Concord. In the Battle of Lexington, the British engaged with minutemen on their march to Concord. The minutemen were getting demolished by the British. Most of the minutemen died, but some fled into the woods. The British marched on to Concord to get more ammunition. That is where the Battle of Concord took place. Before the British could get ammunition, the second wave of minutemen were hiding in a farm/field. The minutemen engaged in a sneak attack and surprised the British immediately. The British had one disadvantage - little ammunition. They still had enough to attempt to defeat the minutemen. But the element of surprise helped the minutemen. They went ahead quickly and stayed that way. The British started to retreat, but the minutemen were ordered to keep firing. The British attempt to retreat was successful. The casualties were terrible. The British lost 279 men and the minutemen lost 96. The minutemen lost 18 men in the Battle of Lexington. The minutemen won the battle. It was a prodigious momentum shift for the colonies. The minutemen had won the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

7. Sources http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/minutemen.aspx http://www.ushistory.org/people/minutemen.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/boflandic.htm http://wikipedia.org/minutemen.htm http://loc.org/minutemen.aspx Photo Sources http://wikipedia.org/minutemen.htm http://loc.org/minutemen.aspx