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William Prescott camied breed's hill and

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The Americans got hold of info that the british wanted to claim hills around boston

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Gave the Americans hope that they had a chance at winning this war

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sowed the british the americans would not be defeated easily

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First major/formal battle of American revolution

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Solomon Willard

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1843

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4 acers

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221'

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Monument Sq, Charlestown, MA 02129

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Bunker hill monument

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Also known as battle of breed's hill

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about 1,000 british casualties, and convinced british the colonists wouldn't be beaten easily.

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British "won" but gave hope to colonists

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Withstood fire from boats in the harbour, and attacks by 2,300 british, but were eventually forced to retreat.

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Colonists fortified breeds hill.

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Two of those hills were, Bunker hill and breed's hill

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More than 15,00 colonials gathered near boston to stop the british from taking the hills in boston.

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Within 2 months of Battle of Lexington and concord

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First major battle of American revolution

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June 17, 1775

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Where the battle was

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Battle Named after

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a third, better-planned attack succeeded in taking the top of the hill and driving off the Americans

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The British made two advances which suffered heavy losses owing to strong barrages from the American position

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The following morning Gage ordered a-strong force to clear the hill

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1,200 Americans who took Breed's hill on the night of 16 June and made a wall to protect them from the fire of British warships in the harbour

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The two hills had a commanding position over Boston so the British decided to occupy them,

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Although the colonists were defeated, they were able to retreat to Boston

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on 17 June 1775

the battle actually took place on Breed's hill, but is named after bunker hill as this was the more significant of the two.

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The first significant engagement in the american revolution

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Gage's failure to soundly defeat the rebels resulted in his replacement as British commander.

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more than 1,000 Redcoats were killed and wounded, compared to 500 rebel casualties.

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The British were pushed back twice before driving out the rebels

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June 17, 1775 General Gage's Redcoat regiments rowed across to the attack as their artillery fired on the Americans.

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The orders were to take nearby Bunker hill, but rebel general Israel Putnam mistakenly seized breed's instead.

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Under cover of darkness on June 16, 1775, hundreds of American militiamen dug fortifications on breed's hill

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The losses inflicted on the British in the battle of bunker hill raised the Americans' confidence.

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loss of Americans had been 145 killed and 304 wounded.

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226 British troops had been killed and 828 wounded,

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It was a victory that had been dearly bought

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Today a granite shaft 221 feet tall is at the spot where Maj. Gen. Joseph Warren fell just as the retreat began.

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A third time the British charged. This time the Americans' guns remained silent because their powder was exhausted.

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When the British were within a few yards of the fortifications heavy fire swept down from the waiting Americans. The front ranks of charging British were mowed down. The others beat a hasty retreat.

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Major General Israel Putnam is supposed to have given the command: Don't fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.

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On the morning of June 17, the British were amazed to see trenches crowning Breed's hill. Later in the day the British troops attacked it. Twice they advanced up the hill.

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The patriots fought with clubbed muskets, but they were slowly forced to retreat to bunker hill, leaving the battlefield in the hands of the British.

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American headquarters learned that Howe was planning to occupy some of the hills around Boston. To slow him, William Prescott was sent out on the night of June 16 to occupy bunker hill,  occupied the Breed's hill instead,

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Fought at bunker hill in June 17, 1775

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First major battle of American Revolution

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Although an American loss, Bunker Hill showed that Americans could stand up to the British in a formal battle, and it prevented the siege of Boston from being raised.

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British casualties were 1,054, including 226 killed. American losses were 140 dead, 271 wounded, and 30 captured.

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Night of June 16 1775 1,600 Americans gathered under the command of william presott

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British Commander Thomas Gage

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showed that American forces would face the British in open battle and helped to convince British commanders that they would have to evacuate Boston.

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First formal battle of American revolution

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Watts, Tim. "Battle of Bunker Hill." In American History, ABC-CLIO, 2000. Accessed October 5, 2016. https://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/370863.

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Date of battle

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American General

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British Genral at the time

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"Breed's Hill and the siege of Boston." DK Eyewitness American Revolution. 2004. eLibrary. Web. 04 Oct. 2016.

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"Bunker Hill, Battle of." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2015. eLibrary. Web. 04 Oct. 2016.

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"Bunker Hill, Battle of." Hutchinson Encyclopedia. 2011. eLibrary. Web. 04 Oct. 2016.

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GO TO BUNKER HILL

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"Bunker Hill, Battle of." Compton's by Britannica, v 6.0. 2009. eLibrary. Web. 04 Oct. 2016.