American Battlefield Trust has a great description of what happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill. You may be most interested to learn that the battle occurred mostly on Breed’s Hill. Bunker Hill was nearby but did not see nearly as much action.
In fact, you may have heard “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” This phrase comes from the colonists on Breed’s Hill that did not have much gunpowder and bullets. They had to use everything wisely.
Today, you will see that Boston is a huge city and much of the battlefield is covered with roads and buildings and houses.
Bunker Hill was an important battle because it showed that the colonists could fight with the British even when thousands landed in Boston. Although the Americans lost, many more British died. In fact, so many British died that British generals decided to avoid using this strategy again.
This video describes the activities before, during, and right after the Battle of Bunker Hill. If you want a cartoon instead, keep scrolling!
This Liberty Kids episode shows why people fought and how they fought in this battle.
