a. clear victory for the americans
b. inconclusive end
c. narrow victory for the americans
d. unqualified british victory
2007-08-08 07:09:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Madly the English rushed forward and leaped over the parapet. The Americans were without bayonets to their muskets, and the fight was now an unequal one; hot with clubbed muskets and stones they made a valiant stand against the oncoming enemy. Scores of them were cut down, until Prescott, seeing the folly of continuing the struggle, ordered a retreat, and the British were left in possession of the field.
2007-08-08 07:16:02 · answer #1 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
D. is as close to a correct answer in the contest of what you have offered. However, it was not a real loss for the Americans.
This action took place (June 17, 1775) about two months after the Battle of Lexington, though resulting in the physical defeat of the Americans, it proved for them a moral victory. As at Lexington and Concord, the colonial soldiers showed that they were prepared to stand their ground in defence of the cause which called them to arms, and Bunker Hill became a watchword of the Revolution. This event also made it clear that the contest must fought out. Thenceforth the sides in the war were sharply defined.
The immediate occasion of this battle was the necessity, as seen by the British General, Gage, of the Americans from an eminence commanding Boston. This elevation was one of several hills on a peninsula just north of the town and running out into the harbor. It was the intention of the Americans to seize and fortify Bunker Hill, but for some unexplained reason they took Breed’s Hill, much nearer Boston, and there the battle was mainly fought. Breed’s Hill is now (circa 1900) usually called Bunker Hill Bunker Hill, and upon it stands the Bunker Hill monument.
2007-08-08 09:26:54 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 7 · 3⤊ 8⤋
B or D
The Battle of Bunker Hill wasn’t conclusive, however. Neither
side had been victorious, and Boston remained surrounded by
the British.
But the American's did win the battle in Saratoga against the British
2013-10-30 06:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
d. an unqualified British victory.
The brave and valiant colonists LOST the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The first minor slight victory the colonists ever won against the British was at Saratoga.
2007-08-08 08:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋
very costly victory for the british a textbook example of sustaining way too many casualties to take a piece of ground.
what exactly are you smoking mac? saratoga was a total chrushing annihilating victory for the continental army thank you.And what about G Washington's triumphs at Princeton and Trenton? they occured WAY before Saratoga!
2007-08-08 11:29:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Battle Of Bunker Hill Results
2017-02-22 05:57:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D. Big time
the Americans were on a shortage of ammunition, it was then that a general...George Washington perhaps, im not sure...told his troops to not shoot until they could see the whites of the enemy's eyes
EDIT: It was Prescott who said that quote.
2007-08-09 16:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by Patrick H 2 · 1⤊ 7⤋
I just took it. It's not D.
2016-11-18 15:55:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure the answer is B. I, myself tried answer D and C and got the question wrong. inconclusive end is the answer.
2015-03-13 04:57:56 · answer #9 · answered by KriZZy 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
d is wrong i took the test
2015-03-09 10:19:53 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋