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  1. Apr 12, 2024 · Battle of Bunker Hill, (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston. Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.

  2. Massachusetts | Jun 17, 1775. The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. How it ended. British victory.

  3. The True Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles

  4. Dec 18, 2023 · The Battle of Bunker Hill was an important battle of the American Revolution, fought on 17 June 1775 on Breed's Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts. It resulted in a pyrrhic British victory, as the British sustained heavy casualties.

  5. On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill," bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the Charles River from Boston.

  6. Quick Facts. Location: Charlestown. Significance: Site of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the Siege of Boston. With an elevation of 110 feet, Bunker Hill is one of the tallest hills near Boston. Like other hills around Boston, Bunker Hill is a drumlin, or elongated hill, formed by a retreating glacier eons ago.

  7. Battle of Bunker Hill, also known as Battle of Breed’s Hill, (June 17, 1775) First major battle of the American Revolution. Within two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, more than 15,000 colonial troops assembled near Boston to prevent the British army from occupying several hills around the city, including Bunker and Breed’s hills.

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