On June 16, 1775, Colonial William Prescott led 1200 minuteman up Bunker Hill. ... When the battle of Bunker hill was over 1000 redcoats lay dead or wounded while Americans losses numbered only about 400. The Bunker Hill was the first major battle of the Revolution. ...
The Olive Branch Petition The Olive Branch Petition was drafted by John Dickenson during the Second Continental Congress on July 5 1775. The American Revolution had already started with the Battles of Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill. The members of the Continental Congress disagreed ab...
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin, also widely known as one of the Founding Fathers of America, will never be forgotten in American history. This is so simply because he has contributed so much to the United States. Franklin was a very knowledgeable and talented man. He was everything from ...
For example, McCullough highlights the lives of specific Continental soldiers, like the brave Israel Putnam, a "hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill, who at fifty-seven was known affectionately as 'Old Put'" (34) and small soldiers like Private Joseph Martin, who at 15 was rather excited for the war, enjoying the "muttering of cannon fire thinking the sound was musical, or at least grand" (138). ... The biggest player of all on the British side, (at least in starting things up) was King George III, who at the beginning had just been defeated at the Battle of Bunker ...
After the opening Battles of Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the colonials had engaged the British in what was commonly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. ... As McCullough writes, "At Bunker Hill, assuring his troops he would not ask them 'to go a step further than where I go myself,' he had marched in the front line...After one blinding volley during the third assault, he had been the only man in the front line still standing....
Only a few months later, on June 17th, first major battle of the war: Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in Boston. ... The colonist perched up on the hill while 3 waves of British red coats stormed the hill. ... One victory that came out of Bunker Hill was, the colonist forces inflicted mass casualties on British Regime and caused them to retreat (Archives). ...
The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell The Revolutionary War gives an interesting and distinct account of the history and events of this great and pivotal time. The perspective is quite different than most history books. The author, Bart McDowell, gives the reader a lesson in the various bat...
