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Bunker Hill Battle

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Connor MacFarland 3/22/16 period 5 American History The topic I chose for the American poster is “A Victorious battle and why it was important”. The battle I have focused on is The Battle of Bunker Hill. While the American forces did retreat in this battle, and Bunker HIl was eventually secured by the Red Coats, due to running out of ammunition, this was considered to be a moral victory for the colonist forces. As the Colonists built a wall at the bottom of the hill, when the Red Coats charged, they were forced to retreat multiple times, resulting in two hundred and twenty-six dead and over eight- hundred wounded, double the casualties of the Colonists. Bunker Hill was the one of the earliest battles of the Revolutionary War, and
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