The Battle of Bunker HillBy:Serina

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WHO Was Involved?• Dr. Joseph Warren

•Dr. Joseph Warren joined Prescott and the patriots at the redoubt.•Dr. Joseph Warren got shot while defending the redoubt.

• Peter Salem •The Americans called the British Redcoats and lobster backs because of there red coats they wore to war.•Peter Salem was a former black slave who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. MAIN MEN

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WHERE Did It Happen?• Lexington and Concord

The America militias and the British soldiers first battled near the towns of Lexington and Concord

• MassachusettsThe event happened in

MassachusettsThe British set fire to Charleston

so patriot snipers could not attack them

Patriot troops gathered in Cambridge before heading to Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill

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WHY Did It Happen?Massachusetts

Massachusett patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians so they could dump the tea overboard.

The Privy Council reprimanded Benjamin Franklin in London for leaking letters and it was damaging to the Royal Governor.

ColonistsParliament passes the stamp act so the

colonists could pay for the British war.Shots were fired at Lexington and

Concord the Minute Men forced British men back to Boston

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WHEN Did It Happen?British

The British and American troops battled outside the

city of Boston General Thomas Gage sent

the British troops to Concord because they tried to take

patriots weaponsPatriots

Colonel Prescott lead colonial troops out of Cambridge

Battle of Bunker Hill was the bloodiest battle in the Revolutionary War in America

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WHAT Happened? British

British soldiers assembled on the beach between their attacks on Breeds Hill

Wounded soldiers (British soldiers) were brought to Boston all through the night

Harbor Around 4:00 in the morning a loud noise came

from the harbor “Cannon Fire” one soldier cried

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OTHER InformationBritish troops The fighting on Breeds Hill was more

fierce than the soldiers expectedThe British troops lost a lot of soldiers but

the kept attackingPatriotsPatriot soldiers waited for the British to

march up the hillUnlike the British soldiers, Patriots did not

wear the same uniforms until later in the war

Some loyalists were run out of town by the patriots.

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BIBLIOGRAPHYWorks Cited

“The Battle of BunkerBreeds Hill.” The American Revolution.org. American Revolution, n.d.Web. 14 Feb. 2011.

Burgan, Michael. The Battle of Bunker Hill. Mankato: Capston Press, 2008. Print.

Martin, James Kirby. “Bunker Hill,Battle of.” World Book Online. 2011. World Book Student. Web. 7 Feb. 2011. <http://www.World Book online.com//?id=ar082700&st=Bunker-Hill>.

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