EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Americans repulsed two British assaults, with significant British casualties; the British captured the redoubt on their third assault, after the defenders ran out of ammunition. The colonists retreated over Bunker Hill, leaving the British in control of the Peninsula.
Detailed explanation-2: -Though the British forces claimed the field, the casualties inflicted by the Provincial solders from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire were staggering. Of the some 2, 400 British soldiers and Marines engaged, some 1, 000 were wounded or killed.
Detailed explanation-3: -On June 17, 1775, on a hilltop outside of Boston, just over a thousand poorly equipped and loosely organized rebel militiamen withstood two infantry charges by nearly 3, 000 British professional soldiers. The Americans finally fell back on the third charge, but only after inflicting heavy casualties on the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -Victory at Bunker Hill came at a terrible price for the British, with nearly half of the 2, 200 Redcoats who entered the battle killed or wounded in just two hours of fighting. The patriots sustained over 400 casualties.