This battle resulted when Thomas Gage attempted to occupy Dorchester Heights, causing the colonists built a redoubt nearby.
Joseph Warren was killed in this battle, which is memorialized in a painting by John Trumbull. This battle resulted when Thomas Gage attempted to occupy Dorchester Heights, causing the colonists built a redoubt nearby. During this battle, either Israel Putnam or William Prescott supposedly told their soldiers not to fire until they could see the whites of their enemy's eyes. For 10 points, name this first major battle of the Revolutionary War, a pyrrhic victory for the British that was actually fought on Breed's Hill.
Joseph Warren was killed in this battle, which is memorialized in a painting by John Trumbull.
Battle of Bunker Hill [accept Battle of Breed's Hill before read]