Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently formed militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies, comprising the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name.
True. When you are
able to intimidate someone and make him do what you want even if he or she does
not like it, then that bully has some power over that person. He would not obey him if he did not.