how many minutemen were at lexington

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anonymous · Answer

75. "When the British soldiers reached Lexington, Captain Jonas Parker and 75 armed Minutemen were there to meet them. The Minutemen were greatly outnumbered. The British soldiers fired, killing 8 Minutemen and injuring 10 others." Source : http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/lexingtonbattle.htm

anonymous · Answer

Yah I tried this source. Turns out every source is wrong besides my 10 year old history book. Only one that worked was 70 minutemen.

anonymous · Answer

Oh, sorry! I looked like all over google for that answer. It went from 17,000 which was impossible to 75 and I thought that sounded most reasonable. :) Sorry for the incorrect answer though!!

anonymous · Answer

Your fine, again apparently no normally reliable history websites know the correct answer