Road to Independence

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

-Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN victory

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

-Fought on Breed's Hill
-"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" William Prescott
-BRITISH Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.