During the colonies, civilian men organized and formed militias that were a kind of armies but that did not include professional soldiers, instead, civilians trained themselves, got weapons and also created military strategies that were mainly implemented during the American Revolution, although before this militias played an important role in the colonies. Additionally, the members of this militias were mainly known as the "minutemen" because if necessary they could be ready in one minute or just one minute after being noticed. Thus, the name members of colonial militias receive was minutemen.
