1. Fort Ticonderoga Bunker Hill
1775 -Two Major Battles
Fort Ticonderoga
Bunker Hill

2. 1775
Fort Ticonderoga

3. 1775
Benedict Arnold led 400 men to attack this British Fort and get its guns
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys became famous on this successful attack

4. Fort Ticonderoga Video

5. The Battle of Bunker Hill OR Breeds Hill
1775
The Battle of Bunker Hill OR Breeds Hill

6. 1775 – Bunker Hill/Breeds Hill
Controlling Boston very important for both sides
2,400 redcoats advanced on 1,600 patriots who were very low on gunpowder
The famous command to “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” came from William Prescott
British retreated twice before the colonists ran out of ammo and were forced to retreat

7. 1775 – Bunker Hill/Breeds Hill
While the Patriots/Continentals lost – they proved that they could take on the most powerful army in the world

8. The Battle of Bunker Hill Video