EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Cowpens
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Kings Mountain
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Eutaw Springs
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Camden
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Bunker Hill. A classic example of a Pyrrhic victory is the Battle of Bunker Hill, fought on June 17th, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War. Colonial and British troops grappled for control of the strategically advantageous Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The engagement, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, ended in British victory, but lent encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
Detailed explanation-3: -We define Pyrrhic victory as “a victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it.” The word comes from the name of Pyrrhus, a long-ago king of Epirus, who suffered heavy losses in defeating the Romans at Asculum in Apulia in 279 B.C.E.
Detailed explanation-4: -In most ways, it was a Pyrrhic victory for Britain, France and ultimately all of Europe whether they won or lost. WW1 led directly 20 years later to WW2 ….