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Minutemen And Their World Chapter Summary

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In Minutemen and Their World by Robert Gross, he talks about what happened before, during and after the Revolutionary war specifically in Concord and its people. When the Revolution was happening in 1775 the average colonist wanted to join the revolution mainly because of Britain making them pay taxes and not getting representation in the British Parliament. However, the individuals from Concord who joined the war, the Minutemen, each had alternative reasons as to why they joined. Minutemen was the name given to the citizen soldiers designed to alert and protect the country of british approach. Gross talks about the social barriers, political difference, personal stories, and religion as some of the factors that divided this colony and at …show more content…

It was sad to the towns people when their minister of twenty five years John Whiting was fired, but his successor Daniel Bliss took over. Bliss was the minister that carried out the message to Concord. He said that “ no matter what we did in this life it would not affect the pain in the afterlife.” (Gross 19) He was also known as the one who revived the town because the church population was slowly dwindling down to only female followers, and close to nothing. Bliss had said he, “felt the stirrings of God in his soul.” (Gross, 19) This would greatly affect the town as well because the church was one of the most important thing they had that connected them. It was their belief. It even got to the point where some town people started to complain about the sabbath journey being to long that they got General Court to incorporate them into a second parish also known as a …show more content…

When young men were wanting to “grow up” they needed their fathers permission and land as well. That might have been what made some men join the minutemen as well. But that affected the agriculture of the town. Farmers wouldn't have sons to help them and that would also hurt the economy. Right before battle, when they were praying with their minister, many may have asked themselves what sort of world they were protecting and what place it held for them in their hearts. As I assume, most people would know they might not survive such a battle, but knew it was the right thing to do. Most minutemen or militia members were most likely of the same family and served in the same companies or platoons. Which meant family loyalty usually reinforced a soldier's obligation to follow

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