Description Of The Battle Of Bunker Hill

The Revolutionary War was one of the first full scale wars the New World had ever seen. It was caused by the British raising taxes in the emerging colonies that would someday be known as America. People in America were opposed to the sharp incline on all goods because they felt they were being taxed without representation. Britain was raising taxes because they had just finished fighting the French and Indian War, which had cost them astronomical amounts of money. The first real battle of the Revolution happened at the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. While the British Redcoats were on their way to seize the munitions that were being held at armories in the two towns, a ragtag group of radical Americans known as the Sons of Liberty attacked the British and because of their advantage in knowing the land around them, managed to strike the British many times, and, in the end, win the first battle of the revolution. One of the next key skirmishes in the Revolution was the Battle of Bunker Hill. This battle was fought in the center of Boston, at a small hill known as Breed’s hill. Bunker Hill was actually a few blocks away from Breed’s, making this battle’s name a misnomer. The
This is where the Battle of Yorktown, which was also the final battle of the Revolution would happen. Cornwallis knew he was pinned down and had no way to escape other than the sea, so he sent for the British Navy to save them. At the same time, however, Washington had sent for the French navy to blockade the British ships. This caused a race between France and Britain to see who could make it to Yorktown first, and in the end, by some miracle, France made it there first, successfully blockading the British ships out of Yorktown. Cornwallis was trapped, and Washington's forces finally managed to break the British lines and capture Yorktown. This forced Cornwallis to surrender, thus ending the