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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. [5] The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts , which was peripherally involved.
The Boston campaign was the opening campaign of the American Revolutionary War, taking place primarily in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.The campaign began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, in which the local colonial militias interdicted a British government attempt to seize military stores and leaders in Concord, Massachusetts.
The Battle of Bunker Hill followed on June 17, 1775. It was a British victory—but at a great cost: about 1,000 British casualties from a garrison of about 6,000, as compared to 500 American casualties from a much larger force. [56] [57] As Benjamin Franklin wrote to Joseph Priestley in October 1775:
The Grand Union flag flown by P. Sherman during the siege of Boston [6] A 1775 map of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the siege of Boston. Before 1775, the British imposed taxes and import duties on the American colonies, to which the Americans objected since they lacked British Parliamentary representation.
Battle of Dunsinane: 1093 Battle of Alnwick: While besieging Alnwick Malcolm III was killed by knights led by Robert de Mowbray and his army fled. 1138 Battle of Clitheroe: English army was routed by William fitz Duncan. 1138 Battle of the Standard: David I routed by an army led by William of Aumale. Also known as the Battle of Northallerton. 1174
1622 Jamestown Massacre in which English settlers are attacked by Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in Jamestown Colony in Virginia; 1625: Battle of San Juan; 1637 Pequot War in New England: Mystic massacre, Fairfield Swamp Fight; 1637 Kent Island Rebellion in Maryland [2] [3] 1641–1667 First Beaver War in the Great Lakes region
The militia system was revived at the end of the colonial era, as the American Revolution approached; weapons were accumulated and intensive training began. The militia played a major fighting role in the Revolution, especially in expelling the British from Boston in 1776 and capturing the British invasion force at Saratoga in 1777. However ...
Several other English colonies were established in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. With the authorization of a royal charter, the Hudson's Bay Company established the territory of Rupert's Land in the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The English also established or conquered several colonies in the Caribbean, including Barbados and ...