Loyalist militias

Target entity: Loyalist militias
Context triple: [Minuteman companies, opposedTo, Loyalist militias]

• A. United States militia forces
  The United States militia forces were locally raised citizen-soldier units that provided auxiliary defense and support to the regular U.S. Army during conflicts such as the War of 1812.
• B. Illinois militia
  The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
• C. New Model Army
  The New Model Army was the disciplined, centrally organized parliamentary force that played a decisive role in winning the English Civil War and enabling the rise of Oliver Cromwell.
• D. White movement
  The White movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought to overthrow the Soviet regime during the Russian Civil War.
• E. Minutemen
  The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Loyalist militias
Target entity description: Loyalist militias were armed colonial groups in North America that supported British authority and fought against Patriot forces during the American Revolutionary War.

• A. United States militia forces
  The United States militia forces were locally raised citizen-soldier units that provided auxiliary defense and support to the regular U.S. Army during conflicts such as the War of 1812.
• B. Illinois militia
  The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
• C. New Model Army
  The New Model Army was the disciplined, centrally organized parliamentary force that played a decisive role in winning the English Civil War and enabling the rise of Oliver Cromwell.
• D. White movement
  The White movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought to overthrow the Soviet regime during the Russian Civil War.
• E. Minutemen
  The Minutemen were colonial militia members in Revolutionary-era New England, renowned for their ability to mobilize at a moment’s notice and for playing a key role in the opening clashes of the American Revolutionary War.
• F. None of above. chosen