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It was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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It is a poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere.
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The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charleston, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle.
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It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
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It was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against Hessian (German mercenaries) forces in Trenton, New Jersey,on the morning of December 26.
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Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army's main body.
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His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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it was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops.