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T7 - 6.1B Jon Hood, Dylan Perez, Tim Wintering (Battle at Bunker Hill)

Colonists show courage but British won’t fall easily The British were making their move; this battle isn’t going to be easy. The British took 2,400 troops into battle while the Americans took 1500 into battle. This battle was one of the most important battles so they could win their independence. This was the first formal battle of the American Revolution. They fought for the land, the power, the control, they both wanted to own the land and they both thought they deserved it more than the other.

The battle of Bunker Hill, the battle combatants of this very war were the British troops of the Boston Garrison against troops of the American Continental Army. The main leaders and the generals are Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Isareal Putnam. William Howe, Henry Clinton and John Burgoyne-planned a four pronged attack on Dorchester Heights Roxbury, Charleston also Cambridge. The reasoning of this war was because the British troops and the American Continental Army wanted the land of Bunker hill. So the British came over to claim what they thought was rightfully theirs but they ran into an encounterment it was the American Continental Army. When they ran into each other they came into an argument and they decided the fairest way to get the land was to have a war to see who rightfully deserved the land.

The battle of Bunker Hill had taken place in a peaceful quiet spot until the British and the American Continental Army cam in counter the placing of this place was located on the Charleston Peninsula overlooking Boston, it happened after the battle in Lexington and Concord in Boston Massachusetts. The time period of the Battle of Bunker Hill was started on June 16, 1772 and ended on June 12, 1775. The time period of the war was during the American Revolution and after the surprise attack of the British on the French. This war was a long lasting war and tough bloody war with two strong and one well trained army, the outcome winners were the British because they were intelligent, strong, and they always had a good battle plan.

One of the questions many colonists have is, why did we have the battle? This first major battle of the Revolutionary war was meant to intimidate each side of the battle. Both the colonists and the Redcoats wanted to scare the other into submission. This battle would also show what the other side could do, and what advantages the other side had. Also, the two sides both wanted control over the hills above Boston, because it was a strategic position that would help the British keep control of Boston, and help the Colonists gain better ground to drive the British out of Boston. And still there are more reasons for the battle. This battle has set the mood for the entire war. It shows that the British are a very tough foe for the Colonists, and it also shows that the Colonists will not go out until the very end. The British had decided that they wanted to have Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill, so they set out for it. But to their surprise, the colonists had already taken a position on the hill. For hours, the battle went on, but in the end, the British took the hill with heavy losses of over 1000 soldiers while the colonists had only around 400 losses. In the end, both the British and the colonists learned much about each other.

This battle has shown that there will be tough days ahead. I feel that we will all have to prepare for the worst. With tough fighting spirits, both armies will go as long as they have to to serve and defend what they feel is right. Pray for your life and your family that they do not have to suffer too much through the war and beyond. The colonists have shown bravery, but the British have shown that they will be almost relentless in their efforts to regain control of the colonies.