Battle+of+Bunker+Hill



The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17,1775 and was fought at Breed's Hill, on the Charlestown Penninsula on the north side of Boston Harbor.

The armies and navies were from America and Britain. Israel Putnam and Artemas Ward were Generals of the American Continental army and the commander of the Britsh army was Major-General William Howe.

This was the second major battle of the Revolutionary War. In this battle, the British, who had control of Boston and its harbor at the time, felt vulnerable because they didn't have control of the hills across the harbor on the Charlestown penninsula and decided to seize it from the Continental army. When the American troops were told of this plan, they were told to staion themselves at Bunker Hill, but instead they went to Breed's Hill, which was closer to the harbor. The Continental army was low on ammunition and not as experienced as the British army, and the British army defeated the Continental army after two failed attempts. Although technically defeated, the American rebel troops saw this as a "moral victory" because they proved to the Britsh they weren't so esily defeated. It was a costly loss for the British, but they still gained control of the Charlestown penninsula.

This battle lasted for about three hours and was one of the bloodiest in the war, with 1,150 casaulties out of 2,400 soldiers in the British army. The Continental army had about 450casualties out of an estimated 1,500 men in the battle.

This battle is significant because it greatly raised American morale and helped them to be more confindent in their army. Their sense of nationalism eventually proved better than Britain's force and guided them to victory in the Revolutionary war.

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