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Battle of Bunker Hill

noun

The first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces. Synonym: Bunker Hill.

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... vote for a Continental Congress, but could the resolve be presented and brought to a final vote before Governor Gage could prorogue the Assembly, as he would use all speed to do, the instant the first knowledge of the scheme reached his ears? On the 17th of June, just one year before the Battle of Bunker Hill, that question was answered. The resolve was offered that day providing for the appointment of delegates to such a congress. Tory members at once essayed to leave the hall to dispatch the news to the governor, but the bolts were fast, and Samuel ...

— The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 • Various

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