The Battle of Bunker Hill Jacob Gauthier History – 1B December 9, 2014 The Battle of Bunker Hill The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, it was one of the first battles of the revolutionary war in which so many American Colonials were killed (Battle of Bunker Hill, 2009). The Battle of Bunker Hill is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Breeds Hill because most of the fighting occurred on Breeds Hill (Battle of Bunker Hill, 2009). The American Colonials were greatly outnumbered by the British; they had over 2000 men under the command General William Howe and General Robert Pigot (Battle of Bunker Hill, 2009). William Howe was born August 10, 1729. His grandma was the mistress of King George, making Howe and his siblings …show more content…
One of their leaders was Colonel William Prescott. He was born in Groton Massachusetts on February 20, 1726. In 1755 Prescott was offered a position in the Royal Army but decided to turn their offer down (William Prescott, n.d.). Prescott learned much of his battle techniques and ideas from the French and Indian War where he fought in the Battle of Fort Beausejour (William Prescott, n.d.). The British ended up winning the Battle of Bunker Hill, even though the American Colonials killed or wounded around 1000 of their troops. The American Colonials suffered only about 400 casualties (Battle of Bunker Hill, 2009). Though the battle was lost by the American Colonials, it gave them a lot of courage and it showed the British that they wouldn't be easily defeated. If it weren't for the American Colonials’ lack of ammunition they might have had a good chance of defeating the British forces (Battle of Bunker Hill, …show more content…
The first two were driven back quickly and the British realized that it wouldn't be such an easy task to fight against the colonists; but in the third wave they rallied all of their forces It was around this time that the Americans ran out of ammunition which made it easy for the British to overrun there fortifications (The Battle, n.d.). If the American Colonials hadn't run out of supplies, the outcome of the battle would have probably been much different. They would have had a good chance of defeating the British that day, which might have been enough to win their independence (The Battle, n.d.). The high cost of the victory at Bunker Hill influenced the British to rethink how they would go about the war with the colonies (Hickman, 2014). With around two hundred men killed and another seven hundred or so wounded, the British probably felt like the victory at Bunker Hill was more of a defeat. It was probably hard to look at it as a victory because of these casualties (Hickman, 2014). The American Colonials, on the other hand, were easily able to look on the battle as a victory for themselves because of what they gained from it (Hickman,