Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill an important event in the American Revolution?
The Battle of Bunker Hill, which took place near Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1775, was significant because of the high cost paid in human lives by both the British and American sides. As the bloodiest conflict of the American Revolution (1775–83; a conflict in which the American colonies gained independence from Great Britain), the Battle of Bunker Hill left 1,000 British soldiers injured or dead and 400 wounded or dead Americans. The revolution had begun two months before the Battle of Bunker Hill with the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19. In late May more British troops arrived in Boston. When the Americans fortified Breed’s Hill, near Bunker Hill, on June 17, British commanders ordered their troops to attack the Americans. One of the most famous expressions in American history originated during the Battle…
