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The Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill . By: Jessenia ( Lupita ) Alvarez, So Yeon Lim and Paola Pinzon . Causes of the battle. American Colonies. Joseph Warren (1741-1775) A doctor and soldier Active in Sons of Liberty Sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on Midnight Rides

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The Battle of Bunker Hill

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  1. The Battle of Bunker Hill By: Jessenia (Lupita) Alvarez, So Yeon Lim and Paola Pinzon

  2. Causes of the battle

  3. American Colonies Joseph Warren (1741-1775) • A doctor and soldier • Active in Sons of Liberty • Sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on Midnight Rides • "These fellows say we won't fight! By Heavens, I hope I shall die up to my knees in blood!"

  4. American Colonies Israel Putnam (1717-1790) • Appointed colonel of the 3rd Connecticut Regiment • Planned battle • "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

  5. American Colonies William Prescott (1726-1795) • Led the soldiers in the battlefield. • Colonel of Pepperell company.

  6. Britain William Howe (1729-1814) • Entered army at seventeen. • Ordered troops in battlefield. • Commander-in-chief of Britain until 1778.

  7. Britain Thomas Gage (1720-1787) • General of Britain • Planned to take control of Charlestown peninsula (Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill) to attack the American colonists.

  8. Weapons Musket: Flintlock: Bayonete

  9. Cannons Cannons: ittook 14 soldierstooperatebut a cannoncouldfireprogectileforhundreds of yards.

  10. TheSiege of Boston • April 19, 1775 toMarch 17, 1776 • Lexington and concord • Second Continental congress

  11. Olive Branch Pettition • June 3, 1775 • July 8th • August 14th

  12. Geography • CharlestownPeninsula • Breeds Hill • Bunker Hill • Advantage of geography

  13. The Battles • June 15-British Plan to occupy the Peninsula • June 16 Colonel William Prescott arrives to “Bunker Hill” • June 17 battle begins

  14. Tactics Presscot-breastworks

  15. First Assault • Howe's force arrives at 3:30 p.m. (attacked by snipers) = cannons • Redcoats advance the hill • = Americans attack • Piggott Vs. Stark • Howe attacks up hill = fail

  16. BritishVictory British “Victory”

  17. Outcome • British: “the number of killed and wounded is greater than our forces can afford to loose” –Gage • Americans: “upon the hole, I think we have little reason to complain…I wish we could sell them another hill at the same price”- Nathanael Green

  18. Fortification of Dorchester Heights:

  19. General George Washington:

  20. General William Howe:

  21. Colonel Henry Knox:

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