Minutemen's role in the Revolutionary War was very important for the desired independence that the colonies wanted. Conditions that vary from saving the durable fight to keeping acting and defending their colonies from the British and gaining freedom, made them an inevitable team that was key to the United States Independence. As for their work, it reaches a certain point in which everyone has to be thankful for their actions and great determination that helped the United States become what it is now.
Primarily, as said before, minutemen were known to be a very quick private militia that acted upon foreign invasion that appeared against the colonies. For the group itself, from around 1645, these men were already participating in recruiting young and developed men that were ready to fight their corrupted rulers in the span of a…show more content… At the time, these groups grew and expanded reaching many colonies and, to help expand in a near future, they created social and political networks across their land. Everything had a connecting point, and in this case it was Boston, where everything was directed, serving as a general meeting room for this private militia. Due to these important networks that they had, it enabled them to expand their connections with the Dutch and French colonies. One important event dealing with the British, was the imposed hardships led by them. The series of taxes in the 1760’s pushed the entire colonies over their despair and made them react in a certain way. From those taxes, the Minutemen militia grew in size and strength due to the quantity of colonists that were rebelling against the British and their unthoughtful and greedy actions. The militias were formed and hence the name minutemen, they started acting quickly upon these actions. Boycotts against British products were their first attempt to despair their