Battle of Bunker Hill

"Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!"

-William Prescott The Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the biggest battles at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, that took place near the beginning on June 17, 1775. That battle actually took place on Breed's Hill, which was adjacent to its twine mountain, Bunker Hill, located near Boston Green Park. It was said when John Quincy Adams was a kid, he could hear the battle from miles away from the actual battle. Patriot Colonel William Prescott led his 1,200 men up the hill with little gunpowder but lots of guns. Hundreds of British troops unloaded near Bunker Hill since it was the closest hill to Boston Harbor. The men proudly marched up the hill thinking of victory until they lost and had to retreat down the hill. The ran back up again and were defeated. The final time, the patriots retreated only because they ran out of ammo. Although the Battle of Breed's Hill was a lost, it proved how strong the colonists are but how hard it will be the defeat Britain. Historians considered it to be the Battle of Bunker Hill.