USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

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Many people watched the battle take place on a nearby hill

(A) ** True

(B) False

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Concept note-1: -Battle of Bunker Hill, also called Battle of Breed’s Hill, (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston.

Concept note-2: -The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible.

Concept note-3: -On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Popularly known as “The Battle of Bunker Hill, ” bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the Charles River from Boston.