Battle+of+Bunker+Hill

= Battle of Bunker Hill = The Battle of Bunker Hill happened in June 17,1775 which actually took place in Breed's Hill. Three major generals John Burgoyne, William Howe and Henry Clinton were sent to help Royal Governor Thomas Gage to aid with the growing tension between the British government and the American colonist. The British planned to take control of Dorchester Heights on the Boston Peninsula. Before the British began to make a move, around 1, 500 American troops of Massachusetts and Connecticut regiment occupied Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill on the peninsula. When the British found out the Americans were on the peninsula, Majesty's Ship Lively opened fire, which started the war. The first attack by the British soldiers came from the Mystic River when General William Howe gave his soldiers order to conquer the rail fence and built temporary means of defense. But the American colonist fought with deadly accuracy. The British won the battle but costs the 2,200 troops, 268 British soldiers and officers had been killed, another 828 wounded. The Americans also endured 115 killed and 305 wounded. Although the British won the Battle of Bunker Hill, the American colonist won the battle in a moral sense, where they realize the they are able to stand up for what they believe in even with a greater army like the British government.

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Timeline of The Battle of Bunker Hill 1754-1763 French and Indian War 1763 Proclamation of 1763 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act 1765 Stamp Act Congress 1766 Declaratory Act 1767 Townshed Act 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Tea Act 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Intolerable Act 1774 First Continental Congress 1775 Lexington and Concord 1775 2nd Continental Congress 1775 Batlle of Bunker Hill