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WI is Paul Revere executed as a spy by the British army. When the British arrive at Lexington and conchord they seize colonial arms, the Minutemen (called by the Americans for their ability to be ready for action in a minute) are rapidly defeated and the British mockingly refer to them as minutemen as they are only able to stand in line against British troops.