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Battle of Bunker Hill

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Also known as: Battle of Breed’s Hill

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Category: History & Society

Also called:: Battle of Breed’s Hill

Date:: June 17, 1775

Location:: Boston; Charlestown; United States

Participants:: Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; United Kingdom

Context:: Siege of Boston; American Revolution

Key People:: Sir Henry Clinton; Thomas Gage; William Howe; Israel Putnam; Joseph Warren

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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. Within two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775), more than 15,000 troops from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island had assembled in the vicinity of Boston. The goal of this force was to prevent the 5,000 or more British troops stationed there under Gen. Thomas Gage from making ...(100 of 995 words)

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