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June 17, 1775. First major battle of the American Revolution. Within two months of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, more than 15,000 colonial troops assembled. Boston to prevent British army from occupying hills around the city. Battle was actually on Breed's Hill, not Bunker Hill. Colonists fortified Breed's Hill in Charlestown; withstood cannonade from British ships in Boston Harbor, and fought off assaults by 2,300 British troops but were eventually forced to retreat. British won the battle landwise, but it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
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∙ 11y agoJune 17, 1775. First major battle of the American Revolution. Within two months of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, more than 15,000 colonial troops assembled. Boston to prevent British army from occupying hills around the city. Battle was actually on Breed's Hill, not Bunker Hill. Colonists fortified Breed's Hill in Charlestown; withstood cannonade from British ships in Boston Harbor, and fought off assaults by 2,300 British troops but were eventually forced to retreat. British won the battle landwise, but it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
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∙ 8y agoIt's misleading because the battle of bunker hill was actually fought on breeds hill (on June 17, in 1775)
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What is the correct name of the battle of bunker hill?
No, that is the correct name of the battle. It was fought on and around an adjacent hill, called Breed's Hill, but the name of the battle is and will always be, The Battle of Bunker Hill.
What is another name for the Battle at Bunker Hill?
The Battle of Breed's Hill.
What was the true Battle of Bunker Hill called?
The Battle of Bunker Hill is the true name of the battle, though much of the action took place on Breed's Hill.
What was the name of the other hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Breed's Hill
What was the real name of the hill where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place?
Breed's hill
What was the hill called where the battle of bunker hill was fought?
the battle of bunker hill was really at breeds hill because in the middle of the night , the soldiers got confused, but when they arrived at breeds hill, they all thought they were at bunker hill.
Name a black hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Jesse Owens
What is the name of the hill in Boston Massachusetts near the first major battle of the revolutionary war called?
Bunker hill
What was the battle name that after it king promised to do whatever was necessary to crush the colonist' rebellion?
Bunker Hill
What is the name of a hill?
One example of a hill's name is "Mount Everest."
What is name of shanga hill name?
bunker hill
What is the name of a hill in a grassland?
Bunker Hill
