Question

Although the Patriots were unable to hold the Bunker Hill (technically Breed's Hill), the Battle of Bunker Hill was seen positively by them because ___________________________.

• A. it provided needed supplies and a morale boost for the reeling Continental Army.
• B. the innovative tactics and leadership of George Washington immediately established him as the top general in the new Continental Army.
• C. it emboldened the Second Continental Congress to release the Declaration of Independence immediately afterwards.
• D. the Patriot forces proved they could fight well against the well-trained British Regular forces and inflicted staggering casualties despite little training and a lack of ammunition.
• E. thanks to an orderly retreat. Patriot forces suffered one-tenth of the losses that the British received.

Answer 1

The correct option is D the Patriot forces proved they could fight well against the well-trained British Regular forces and inflicted staggering casualties despite little training and a lack of ammunition.

The Battle of Bunker Hill ( June 17, 1775) is set against the background of 'siege of Boston' (April, 1775 - March 1776) which is considered to be the opening phase of American revolutionary wars. The end of the siege resulted in the British withdrawing from Boston. The Battle of Bunker Hill is named after the hill with the same name located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Conspiracy on the part of the Britishers to fortify the Bunker Hills in order to get control of Boston led to the Battle between the colonial Troops and British. The colonial troops ran out of ammunition by the end of the battle and the British forces came out to be victorious.