Minutemen Timeline by Chase Olson https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2022-04-26 14:06:17 UTC 2022-05-02 13:24:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1469368216/a958239890cc6214cdf69b0de3df5dd4/Hourglass_530x_2x__1_.gif 1645 78760 https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158602329 The first mention of minutemen from the 

Massachusetts Bay Colony where men were selected to join the minutemen (known at the time by the town's militia)


]]> 2022-04-26 14:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158602329 1774 78760 https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158611403 The Minutemen boasted about how they could be ready to fight at a minutes notice hence the name Minutemen]]> 2022-04-26 14:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158611403 April 18, 1775 78760 https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158622307 Paul Revere and William Dawes (high ranking members of the Sons of Liberty) rode out on horses to inform the militias in Concord and Lexington (minutemen included) about the build up of British troops in Boston.]]> 2022-04-26 14:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158622307 Morning of April 19, 1775 78760 https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158629917 In Lexington, the British were moving to the town common when they found a group of about 70 minutemen who had been alerted by Revere and Dawes. The minutemen were led by Captain John Parker. When the first shot was fired, all hell went loose. When the dust cleared 8 minutemen lay dead.]]> 2022-04-26 14:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158629917 Afternoon of April 19, 1775 78760 https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158642645 After the battle in Lexington, the British continued their march to Concord. They were after a large amount of guns and ammunition held in Concord by the local Militias. The British destroyed most of the ammo and guns at Concord with little resistance. That all changed though at Concord's North Bridge, where the Minutemen where waiting for them. The Minutemen where everywhere. The British suffered 174 wounded and 73 deaths.]]> 2022-04-26 14:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/78760/zuerf4wyhdenm5zb/wish/2158642645