Where is the Aircraft Carrier the Americans had in the battle? And the B2 Stealth Bombers? And the M1A1 Thompson Submachine guns the militia men were issued?
I mean, there are so many other inaccuracies in the video/commentary, you mine as well go all out!!!
whats this the sheep said not to use force or guns just protest in peace i guess back then they took their guns to the protest just to defend their selfs nit thinking to kiss ass. really people
@1969captainron It certainly didn't help that John Adams wrote a letter in which he said war with Britain was inevitable & the Colonists should be building a navy & capturing British officials instead of wasting time with appeasement. This letter found its way to England & its existance put doubt on to the sincerity of the Colonists request for peaceful settlement. Adams putting his thoughts into writing & misplacing the letter undermined the Olive Branch Petition and advanced the cause of war.
I respect our american colonies for rejecting a banking dictatorship, a shame they eventually succumb to it.. It will take another event like this to get rid of them which i belive ill never happen.
@Kaeladino The first of the three attacks was a flanking attack that failed due to Stark's forces successful defense at a fence far to the north of the redoubt. After the redoubt was finally taken on the third attack, Stark's forces covered the withdrawal and the battle became an orderly retreat instead of a rout for the colonists. This video misses both of these key points.
@jkdriscoll I think the chap meant casualties, not dead. The British dead were about 240 and about 800 wounded with the Americans losing roughly half as many. That said, the guide had a point. Any poor sod, British or American, who passed through the hands of an 18th century surgeon probably wished he was dead.
Don't any of you read? Silly British sun tzu art of art of war chapter IX. "When the enemy is close at hand and remains quiet, he is relying on the natural strength of his position"
What that guy said was actually wrong, at the Battle of Bunker Hill was the shot heard round the world and that's what started the war between British and the Americans. Actually British won the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Americans came back and the Americans won, THEN wile British was marching out Boston, Boston was fireing shots at a pacific place.
Hey UK people, just remember you'd be speaking Russian right now if not for the USA. The Russians would have marched over Britain in 3 weeks....except they were afraid of the USA.
@PRINCEKONG100 Your actually right dude,According to the US census Bureau most English have been here so long there just put down American ethnicity,this accounts for 20 million so added to those who claim to be English/American it would make the English the largest ethnic group.Of course the Germans and Irish would disagree but its a fact given by the census.
@illustrate100 what are you talking about 2 nd world war ?? nuclear weapons kept the peace after 2 nd world war their are plenty of them about their would be no winners
makes me laugh how they always say [the americans] and the [british] they were both british,there is no such thing as a american revolution,because it was a british one
@broadband01 meh, if you take it that way than i believe the term "american" revolution would come from the fact that it was a revolution in america. and you could say we were british, but i think colonists is a better term. but that's just me
@bh5496 yes,but by saying we the british,and you the americans,makes it look like we are the invaders or aggressors,and this simply was not the case,in all honesty,it was simply treason by the founding fathers,all i might add were wealthy men,not about liberty and freedom,as much as greed,you paid tax,but only 10 per cent of what we paid in uk at that time
@broadband01 i can see and understand exactly way you are saying... all accept for the part where you say that the war was about the greed of the congressmen.
@bh5496 ben franklins son[william]the last royal gov of new jersey,refused to participate in the treason of his father,he was imprisoned by the rebels,a few years later,he returned to london,and never spoke to his father again..,ben f also wrote him out of his will,william franklin is buried in london,a true british patriot:O)
The British won the battle, fair and square! But it wasn't worth it in the end, hence the quote from the American General Nathanial Green said regarding the British heavy losses and subsequent victory: "We'll sell them hills at that price, ANYTIME."
PEOPLE FORGET British empire gave birth to america that the british had more right and claim to the lands of east america then the "americans" if anything the americans were invadors who wanted to steal a country!!
people tend to forget the different battlefield mentalities of the American and British commanders. The Americans were more careful with their `citizen soldiers` and would use their natural fervour and patriotism. The British still had the `cannon fodder` mentality and thought little of the casualty numbers as long as they won in the end.
That the Americans had only one shot left is a nice explanation but unfortunately not true. In fact a large proportion of them did not fire a single shot that day. Only those in the redoubt and few detachement soutside fought, the rest did nothing. On Breed's Hill and Bunker hill some 3.000 militamen assembeld, hardly half of them fought. 1.500 + 700 Reserve Redcoats attacking a fortified enemy, uphill. Repulsed but still with the spirit to carry on. So who should be remembered?
tHIS IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED, FIRST IT HAPPENED ON A HILL!! THATS WHY ITS CALLED BUNKER HILL. AND BRITAN CHARGED UPWARDS WITH BAYONETS FIRST. THE AMERICAN GENERAL WILLIAM PRESCOTT QUOTED "DONT FIRE UNTILL YOUSEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES!' THE AMERICANS WERE ALSO LOW ON AMMUNITION WHICH IS WHY THEY LOST AND RETREATED!
@miteyboosh23 but the american army so called was made up of british commanders and militia so you kinda punched yourself in the face, if marlborough was there then the americans would never have won any battles even though they didnt win most of the battles anyway
@bradleyleek Rather that state what you think would happen if... Perhaps it is best to just know with confidence what did happen in Charlestown Massachusetts.
No bravado, no speculation, no arrogance is needed.
@bradleyleek WHO WON THE REVOULUTIONARY WAR? WJO JOINED FORCES WITH THE AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY HATED THEY BRITISH? WE WON ( AMERICA) AND I LEARN ABOUT THIS STUFF IN AMERICAN HISTORY I KNOW THE BRISTISH TOOK A DEVASTATING LOSS BUT STILL WONBECAUSE THE AMERICANS WERE LOW ON AMMO. PUNCH YOURSELF IN THE FACE
@DemetriMcD SHAME THAT YOU CELEBRATE A DEFEAT OF COURSE YOU WON THE WAR BUT IT WAS THE FRENCH WHO BEAT THE BRITISH AND MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION IN THE WAR TALK OF HATE IS A STRONG WORD THE FRENCH WHO FOUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE COLONISTS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE REMEMBER YOU WERE CALLED COLONISTS NOT AMERICANS AT THIS TIME TO FINSH THIS WE THE BRITS HAVE RESPECT FOR THE USA FOR THEIR HELP IN 2 WORLD WARS
@Conqueror441 that is correct. They were supposed to dig in on Bunker's Hill, but they actually were on Breed's Hill which was a very short distance away. If you were at the top of Bunker Hill you would walk down 8 blocks and up one and you would be on Breed's Hill. An easy enough mistake to make back in the day/
This battle scarred the British Army. So many of their soldiers died, their generals became very skittish about committing troops to battle against the Colonials.
I went up in that monument and there is a grate at the top. You can stand on the grate and look down and see a tiny light at the bottom...creepy scary.
@DelinquentRodent LOL! That was one of my favorite things as a child! We would go there on hot days because it was always cool inside. When I was young there was no plexi glass on the windows and there was always a breeze.
@trainjunkies The English marched up Breeds Hill in a straight line because that's how they fought war back then, with steel, shot, and 4-5 lines of men each line behind the other. Now we run around throwing grenades and calling artillery strikes from 8 miles away. Well, as a wise man said, "You can't say civilization don't advance, for in every war, they find a new way to kill you." lol
I do argue a bit. But I do respect all men. May all the American solders in all theatres of war stay safe. They have Wright on there side. Not governments, but there own personal beliefs.
@britempire It had nothing to do with paying taxes. It was about unfair representation by whigs (nobles) in Parliament who didn't know anything about the colonies and only (for the most part, not completely) passed legislation that furthered their own mission.
Yes. It had nothing to do about taxes. But what taxes you were paying were for the army to protect you against Indians that were raiding your settlements encouraged buy the French. You started your own militia to help the situation but then.
Some wealthy American people decided they could have it all. Lets be independent and rule. You fell for it. Or you were a white or black slave and wanted freedom and your own country.
my ancestors were Scotch-Irish. Was the stamp act a tax that was designed for protection against Indians and the French? Nope, it was a revenue tax designed solely to make money. The only tax that I think the American colonists were wrong on was the tea tax. That tax actually lowered the price of tea in the colonies.
A famous history professor stated that history was not a science but a continuing investigation into the past; a persons conclusion is based on their own bias. This story will offer evidence that the Alba, Scots, Irish and Pics have been the longest race held in slavery
Jeremiah Howell was a lifetime-indentured servant by his uncle in Lewis County, Virginia in the early 1700s. His son, Jeremiah, won his freedom by fighting in the Revolution. There were hundreds of thousands of Scots sold into slavery during Colonial America. White slavery to the American Colonies occurred as early as 1630 in Scotland.
I am not trying to justify slavery or the colonies' use of slavery. I am simply saying that the colonists were right in their efforts of independence. Also, take a look at what the Brits did to the Irish and Scottish throughout history.. not exactly squeaky clean either.
@azerskater you are wrong, the North and South were still divided over the practical use of slavery in America even at that time. John Adams was against it, while most of the south was not for obvious reasons. Given that John Adams was overruled in most of these discussions it was not something that was pressed until after the war. In 1772 John Adams, Sam Adams and even George Washington attempted to stop slavery. Many states such as CT, RI, Mass and Pennsylvania abolished slavery.
@chjohnst Mmm...yes that's not my point. He's saying this entire war was about slavery. If that's true, the I guess the Civil War was just to gain freedom from Britain.
All is fair in love and war. Was it honorable for the Brits to use Congreve Rockets, Martini Rifles, cannons, and Gattling guns against spear throwing Wooly Woolys, (Sudanese)? Or the about the same against the Zulus?
British troops were sationed in america in the early quater of the French and indian conflict. Those were our royal american colonial troops, you're lot... so ha owned, your talking about ya own kind.
You're definitely not making yourself seem any more intelligent, my British friend! I encourage you to open up a history book and read about your British general Braddock. That's all i'll say.... mate lol
please keep in mind as well, that I harbor no ill-will toward the English. But, I do not regret the colonists fighting for their independence either. I hold somewhat to the political sentiments of Alexander Hamilton, who, after the Revolution, was the greatest pro-English politician in the American government.
we dident crow about our victory i hate it when americans say things like 'we stood against the might of the british empire' the french and spanish did u sat on ur fat american arses and took the credit we sacrifised amerca to save jamaica because it was worth more to us
Oh by the way, "'we stood against the might of the british empire'" I think we won because of the way you guys talk, like sissies or male hair dressers or something.
@scids225 Shut up u cunt first of all the spanish werent even in the war why would u even put that??? and the french were only there for 1/4 of the war so shut up u stupid brit
@albionsseed That is incorrect. Beacon Hill was cut down for those projects. The Monument was built at least 25 years before Back Bay and St. Francis was well underway on Bunker Hill just as the Back Bay project began.
good!...lets keep the battle field hill intactand pristine for historians and put the huge monumental concrete penis elsewhere!...but it does give the british crown the finger forever!/milwaukee
Well, I guess I don't HATE them, but if they are going to go to the trouble to reenact, they should work harder on the psyche/ body language of real war.
You never know, if things had been different (for example if the British had posted more troops in the Colonies, or if there had been more competent British commanders) then maybe history would have turned out very differently.
Considering the circumstances of teh American Revolutionary War however, it was a pretty hopeless scenario for the British Empire.
"for example if the British had posted more troops in the Colonies"
Impossible the French were causing all sorts of trouble at sea, like blockading and seiging Gibraltar. As soon as France entered the war, game over, if it wasn't already. Besides, American's made good soldiers anyway.
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is that why theyre all dying to shitty rag heads in afghanistan and theyre not even in the most dangerous part of afghanistan??? un like us brits who have to do the hard work all the time
Sorry to say, but the video is incorrect. The Brits sent up 4 waves of men until they drove the Americans off. The casualties are also incorrect. the patriot forces lost some 300-400 men, while the British lost more than double.
also China was charging high tariffs on our imports, we deported some of their people for spying on our military and technologiacl secrets. China will likely collapse on their own weight in regards to becoming a superpower, but then again you never know.
China just laid of workers as well 26 milion from their factories that make goods. Our economy and China's is intertwined. To put it another way we are in bed with the Chinese economically. They benefit off us and we benefit off them. Yeah we have american companies that have our goods made cheap in China.
I think the plan is to devalue the dollar so much (by printing dollars and inflation) that a "solution" will be proposed of a new global reserve currency. Globalists have deliberately caused this financial mess.
China also fancies itself as the new boss on the block, but I trust that country not one jot.
China has gotten stronger economically but they have a lot of problems as well, large population to sustain, poverty, other problems etc, we spend more on our military than the whole world combined and we still have the best technology by far, we are not the country we were ten years ago but we are still the strongest nation on the planet. Our economy has taken a hit this decade though, but there is a good outlook starting next year. China is a world power but they aren't on our level yet.
hey, I admire the spirit of 1776, I wish the british people had it now against this traitorous elite that is selling our history, tradition and culture out to the EURABIA master plan and ultimately NWO.
Seen the rhetoric used by our "leaders" lately? It's fvcking scary.
I rather see Obama in there than Bush though, these politicians are corrupt pieces of shit and there is corruption in europe etc. We have a lot of capable smart people in this country(including me but i,m young yet) and we had pieces of shit like that to lead our country(Bush administration) I agree with some of what Obama is doing, this stimulus plan is making me nervous though, we are just printing out money and it has to be paid back if it is going to work. I have faith we will prevail.
well we haven't had an attack since 9/11 on our soil or even an embassy abroad, so that has been a positive, I think we will prevail in Iraq as well eventhough it was uneccessary, Afghanistan??? don't know
hehe, we took your capital and burned the Whitehouse, you still haven't gotten over that, admit it.
But yeah, I actually like most Americans and I 've been there twice and had a great time. I just like winding people up on the internet. No harm meant.
LOL, you failed in your objective as well, you wanted some of our land as well, and your defeat at Thames ended Tecumsehs confederation and we defeated British regulars at the battle as well, by winning that battle we ended the threat on the northwest frontier and we were able to expand after the war securing a primary war goal. You failed in some of your goals as well. :) Yeah, enjoy bowing to allah, you nation is full of radical islamics. We will prevail. But I can't knock Britain either.
We whipped you in the war of 1812 as well, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain, Sackett's Harbor etc, we whipped you as well in the war of 1812, the war was a stalemate. You and the Canadians etc also invaded the USA and were repulsed. We pounded the British at New Orleans. Baltimore was another victory, Chippewa, York, 2nd Fort Erie which was the bloodiest battle in the history of Canada, we inflicted more casualties. Battle of Thames we defeated Tecumsehs confederation and British regulars.
Sad that neither hill still exists in the form it did the day of the battle. If I am not mistaken, Bunker's Hill originally stood nearly 800 feet tall. Now it is just a bump really. Both were cut down and used as fill on the south side of the Charles River. At 800 feet it made a commanding artillery base and over-looked the British fortifications. Never build a fort on low ground!!
Ancestor of mine was killed in that battle, in a place simply referred to as the "Stone Wall".
@albionsseed That is incorrect. Back Bay was filled in with Beacon Hill. Breed's Hill was never that high. By the time they began to fill in the Back Bay, the Monument was already on the Breed's Hill and St. Francis de Sales was already under construction and near completion on Bunker Hill
the battle never happened at bunker hill it happened at breeds hill 1:37
very809 1 week ago
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ewdennis 2 weeks ago
Where is the Aircraft Carrier the Americans had in the battle? And the B2 Stealth Bombers? And the M1A1 Thompson Submachine guns the militia men were issued?
I mean, there are so many other inaccuracies in the video/commentary, you mine as well go all out!!!
atcdevin 3 weeks ago
@atcdevin what were the innaccuracies?
TIMTEBOWNER 5 days ago
whats this the sheep said not to use force or guns just protest in peace i guess back then they took their guns to the protest just to defend their selfs nit thinking to kiss ass. really people
jct3636 2 months ago
Brits against Brits.
Great shame. :(
WTFBBQ5 3 months ago
@1969captainron It certainly didn't help that John Adams wrote a letter in which he said war with Britain was inevitable & the Colonists should be building a navy & capturing British officials instead of wasting time with appeasement. This letter found its way to England & its existance put doubt on to the sincerity of the Colonists request for peaceful settlement. Adams putting his thoughts into writing & misplacing the letter undermined the Olive Branch Petition and advanced the cause of war.
11nytram11 4 months ago
I respect our american colonies for rejecting a banking dictatorship, a shame they eventually succumb to it.. It will take another event like this to get rid of them which i belive ill never happen.
adammiller84 6 months ago
That's a hill???
Shit I would have attacked that and had time for dinner.
SabreUnit 7 months ago
im pretty sure there were more men
metalrulesforrever 7 months ago
the first reaal battle of the revolution
metalrulesforrever 7 months ago
@Kaeladino The first of the three attacks was a flanking attack that failed due to Stark's forces successful defense at a fence far to the north of the redoubt. After the redoubt was finally taken on the third attack, Stark's forces covered the withdrawal and the battle became an orderly retreat instead of a rout for the colonists. This video misses both of these key points.
flyingjazz 7 months ago
whooooaaa the number of dead is waaaaay off. Also i used to live in that neighborhood.
jkdriscoll 7 months ago
@jkdriscoll I think the chap meant casualties, not dead. The British dead were about 240 and about 800 wounded with the Americans losing roughly half as many. That said, the guide had a point. Any poor sod, British or American, who passed through the hands of an 18th century surgeon probably wished he was dead.
oarfrost 7 months ago
@oarfrost Americans were estimated at 441 killed and wounded... with the British casualties at 1,150 killed and wounded.
usterdboy 5 months ago
Don't any of you read? Silly British sun tzu art of art of war chapter IX. "When the enemy is close at hand and remains quiet, he is relying on the natural strength of his position"
DireEpidemic 9 months ago
@Kaeladino they actually did have it surrounded.... charging up it was the only viable option, and it happened to work......
skyicewolf1 9 months ago
@Kaeladino Lol. Do you have a better idea? They needed to wipe out those guys. What else could they have done? Siege it? XD
skyicewolf1 9 months ago
who cares who won, it'd be better if there was no war at all,
meandrebecca1 9 months ago
@meandrebecca1 Take a shower you dirty hippie!
dep92 9 months ago
We lost the battle. At least we killed a lot of Redcoats though. That is always a plus.
HaggenPagan26 9 months ago
thanks i needed this for history class
sweetescapefan 10 months ago
hey hey hey!
sweetescapefan 10 months ago
What that guy said was actually wrong, at the Battle of Bunker Hill was the shot heard round the world and that's what started the war between British and the Americans. Actually British won the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Americans came back and the Americans won, THEN wile British was marching out Boston, Boston was fireing shots at a pacific place.
the3jays101 10 months ago
we won this battle and we won most battles !
LordGeorgeRodney 10 months ago
Joshua Parker was my ancestor!
RidirichdFlann 11 months ago
TDM on Bunker Hill Now Thats a map
ElectronicMyButt 11 months ago
Hey UK people, just remember you'd be speaking Russian right now if not for the USA. The Russians would have marched over Britain in 3 weeks....except they were afraid of the USA.
illustrate100 11 months ago
@illustrate100 but americans are just sons of the UK
PRINCEKONG100 4 months ago
@PRINCEKONG100 Most Americans don't even have British blood. I came from Polish and French immigrants.
cookiemonster9052 4 months ago
@cookiemonster9052 Speak for yourself. I am descended from British, French and Scottish royalty.
cscptdave 3 months ago
@PRINCEKONG100 Your actually right dude,According to the US census Bureau most English have been here so long there just put down American ethnicity,this accounts for 20 million so added to those who claim to be English/American it would make the English the largest ethnic group.Of course the Germans and Irish would disagree but its a fact given by the census.
keir100 3 months ago
@illustrate100 what are you talking about 2 nd world war ?? nuclear weapons kept the peace after 2 nd world war their are plenty of them about their would be no winners
fast1919 2 months ago
makes me laugh how they always say [the americans] and the [british] they were both british,there is no such thing as a american revolution,because it was a british one
broadband01 1 year ago
@broadband01 meh, if you take it that way than i believe the term "american" revolution would come from the fact that it was a revolution in america. and you could say we were british, but i think colonists is a better term. but that's just me
bh5496 10 months ago
@bh5496 yes,but by saying we the british,and you the americans,makes it look like we are the invaders or aggressors,and this simply was not the case,in all honesty,it was simply treason by the founding fathers,all i might add were wealthy men,not about liberty and freedom,as much as greed,you paid tax,but only 10 per cent of what we paid in uk at that time
broadband01 10 months ago
@broadband01 i can see and understand exactly way you are saying... all accept for the part where you say that the war was about the greed of the congressmen.
bh5496 10 months ago
@bh5496 ben franklins son[william]the last royal gov of new jersey,refused to participate in the treason of his father,he was imprisoned by the rebels,a few years later,he returned to london,and never spoke to his father again..,ben f also wrote him out of his will,william franklin is buried in london,a true british patriot:O)
broadband01 10 months ago
@bh5496,
Nar.
British colonists is what you are.
I mean look at you.
You get to the moon and the 1st thing your brian thinks is "British lets play golf"
LOL
MrBloodCloty 10 months ago
@MrBloodCloty
yea i mean even the japs are brit colonists
and so are the indians
Sturmmann 10 months ago
@MrBloodCloty what? i don't see how that makes any sence.
bh5496 10 months ago
The British won the battle, fair and square! But it wasn't worth it in the end, hence the quote from the American General Nathanial Green said regarding the British heavy losses and subsequent victory: "We'll sell them hills at that price, ANYTIME."
MigEspecial 1 year ago
PEOPLE FORGET British empire gave birth to america that the british had more right and claim to the lands of east america then the "americans" if anything the americans were invadors who wanted to steal a country!!
martynrobin121 1 year ago
america has the same names in Britain - Cambridgeshire, Campden wtf
haz697 1 year ago
thats not even a hill........
MegaExplosives 1 year ago
people tend to forget the different battlefield mentalities of the American and British commanders. The Americans were more careful with their `citizen soldiers` and would use their natural fervour and patriotism. The British still had the `cannon fodder` mentality and thought little of the casualty numbers as long as they won in the end.
rouseg7 1 year ago
Did he say "Bunklers" hill or "Bunker" Hill?
fyiimaspy 1 year ago
That the Americans had only one shot left is a nice explanation but unfortunately not true. In fact a large proportion of them did not fire a single shot that day. Only those in the redoubt and few detachement soutside fought, the rest did nothing. On Breed's Hill and Bunker hill some 3.000 militamen assembeld, hardly half of them fought. 1.500 + 700 Reserve Redcoats attacking a fortified enemy, uphill. Repulsed but still with the spirit to carry on. So who should be remembered?
crematio 1 year ago
tHIS IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED, FIRST IT HAPPENED ON A HILL!! THATS WHY ITS CALLED BUNKER HILL. AND BRITAN CHARGED UPWARDS WITH BAYONETS FIRST. THE AMERICAN GENERAL WILLIAM PRESCOTT QUOTED "DONT FIRE UNTILL YOUSEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES!' THE AMERICANS WERE ALSO LOW ON AMMUNITION WHICH IS WHY THEY LOST AND RETREATED!
DemetriMcD 1 year ago
We may have taken huge losses at Bunker Hill but we won the battle. But you cannot deny that the British have balls to attack it several times.
GillsFan91 1 year ago
dude i'm a kid i learn about this in social studies
bakuganwiihelper 1 year ago
Ugh
boyxgamer 1 year ago
It's hard to imagine what would've happened when the British won the Revolutionary war...
thesuperwillem 1 year ago
@thesuperwillem ......"God save the queen"
TheStyx44 1 year ago
British got whooped royally on Bunker hill! I went there and the hill is actually not that steep.
KoalaBearWarrior 1 year ago
1/6 of Britains officers were killed in this battle. HOOOOORAY
miteyboosh23 1 year ago
@miteyboosh23 but the american army so called was made up of british commanders and militia so you kinda punched yourself in the face, if marlborough was there then the americans would never have won any battles even though they didnt win most of the battles anyway
bradleyleek 1 year ago
@bradleyleek Rather that state what you think would happen if... Perhaps it is best to just know with confidence what did happen in Charlestown Massachusetts.
No bravado, no speculation, no arrogance is needed.
drfoxcourt 1 year ago
@bradleyleek WHO WON THE REVOULUTIONARY WAR? WJO JOINED FORCES WITH THE AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY HATED THEY BRITISH? WE WON ( AMERICA) AND I LEARN ABOUT THIS STUFF IN AMERICAN HISTORY I KNOW THE BRISTISH TOOK A DEVASTATING LOSS BUT STILL WONBECAUSE THE AMERICANS WERE LOW ON AMMO. PUNCH YOURSELF IN THE FACE
DemetriMcD 1 year ago
@DemetriMcD SHAME THAT YOU CELEBRATE A DEFEAT OF COURSE YOU WON THE WAR BUT IT WAS THE FRENCH WHO BEAT THE BRITISH AND MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION IN THE WAR TALK OF HATE IS A STRONG WORD THE FRENCH WHO FOUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE COLONISTS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE REMEMBER YOU WERE CALLED COLONISTS NOT AMERICANS AT THIS TIME TO FINSH THIS WE THE BRITS HAVE RESPECT FOR THE USA FOR THEIR HELP IN 2 WORLD WARS
fast1919 2 months ago
in my history book, it said it was misnamed, and was actually called breeds hill, is that true?
Conqueror441 1 year ago
@Conqueror441 Yes
mewdude98 1 year ago
@mewdude98 thanks for info :)
Conqueror441 1 year ago
@Conqueror441 that is correct. They were supposed to dig in on Bunker's Hill, but they actually were on Breed's Hill which was a very short distance away. If you were at the top of Bunker Hill you would walk down 8 blocks and up one and you would be on Breed's Hill. An easy enough mistake to make back in the day/
bostonmaggie 1 year ago
@bostonmaggie thank you very much, i really needed to confirm that. thanks again.
Conqueror441 1 year ago
hell yeah we made this battle so costly for the limeys with our farmer miltias ;)
jfkfgrygrr 1 year ago
Laffayette didn't even arrive yet, GOD!
sacramenteens 1 year ago
This battle scarred the British Army. So many of their soldiers died, their generals became very skittish about committing troops to battle against the Colonials.
MuttTheHoople 1 year ago
The Battle was at breeds hills. 13 rounds per soldier. The British could have landed behind us.
track325 1 year ago
Thrice the British marched up the hill into a blazing inferno of fire. I don't blame them for getting all bayonet happy at the top.
Talbot6832 1 year ago 8
so many fat guys with glasses in this video
Carmex776 1 year ago
I went up in that monument and there is a grate at the top. You can stand on the grate and look down and see a tiny light at the bottom...creepy scary.
DelinquentRodent 1 year ago
@DelinquentRodent LOL! That was one of my favorite things as a child! We would go there on hot days because it was always cool inside. When I was young there was no plexi glass on the windows and there was always a breeze.
bostonmaggie 1 year ago
@bostonmaggie Cool :)
DelinquentRodent 1 year ago
The Brits have balls !
Hooo rah !
russellsaunders 1 year ago 12
@russellsaunders but no brains
EVODproductions 1 year ago
@russellsaunders DONT SAY HOORAH!! THATS AN AMERICAN THING! AND THE BRITS HAVE TIY BALLS
TheAmericanPatriott 11 months ago
@russellsaunders
Not to mentioned unrestrained arrogance and poor battle tactics.
stflaw 7 months ago
@russellsaunders is OORAH faggot(:
TheNomorevideos 5 months ago
@TheNomorevideos
faggot(:
Is that your nickname or your inclination?
russellsaunders 5 months ago
It was Breeds Hill
Gunboatjingoist 1 year ago
wow im using this to study for my finals while on my lap there is a binder full of notes on this war xD
binder=boring
this=boring but not as boring as binder
SwiftheartLeafclan 1 year ago
Why did the british march up breeds hill in a straight line?
trainjunkies 1 year ago
@trainjunkies It was a scare tactic to show the poor armed milita they were facing a professional disciplined force.
Gopedanarchist 1 year ago
@trainjunkies The English marched up Breeds Hill in a straight line because that's how they fought war back then, with steel, shot, and 4-5 lines of men each line behind the other. Now we run around throwing grenades and calling artillery strikes from 8 miles away. Well, as a wise man said, "You can't say civilization don't advance, for in every war, they find a new way to kill you." lol
Thrawn6211 1 year ago
@trainjunkies Weponary tactics in the 18th and 19th cenutry.
TheRapper10000 1 year ago
verry sad
Randomacts408 1 year ago
hold youh fiah
dopey41 1 year ago
I could have sworn it was Israel Putnam that said the famous line.
AuburnAttack21 1 year ago
I do argue a bit. But I do respect all men. May all the American solders in all theatres of war stay safe. They have Wright on there side. Not governments, but there own personal beliefs.
I wish them all well.
britempire 1 year ago
hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha americans can not argue one bit. you just spew out bullshit!.
XxGREATxBRITAINxX 1 year ago
I hope you read my reply to ambrosius
britempire 1 year ago
whats up with the people that spend the day dressing like this.? Its interesting it is but TO READ ABOUT.
patsyd80 1 year ago
American war of independence was a British civil war. With one half been backed up with at the time the largest navy in the world. FRANCE.
British navy was at the time still been refitted because they had been rotting in harbour after the seven-year war with France.
Declaration of independence was signed 2nd July 1776.
In 1763 the average Briton paid 26 shillings a year in taxes. Americans one shilling. You were rich.
It all started with a few people who wanted to have power.
britempire 1 year ago
@britempire It had nothing to do with paying taxes. It was about unfair representation by whigs (nobles) in Parliament who didn't know anything about the colonies and only (for the most part, not completely) passed legislation that furthered their own mission.
ambrosius 1 year ago
Yes. It had nothing to do about taxes. But what taxes you were paying were for the army to protect you against Indians that were raiding your settlements encouraged buy the French. You started your own militia to help the situation but then.
Some wealthy American people decided they could have it all. Lets be independent and rule. You fell for it. Or you were a white or black slave and wanted freedom and your own country.
What were you ancestors?
britempire 1 year ago
my ancestors were Scotch-Irish. Was the stamp act a tax that was designed for protection against Indians and the French? Nope, it was a revenue tax designed solely to make money. The only tax that I think the American colonists were wrong on was the tea tax. That tax actually lowered the price of tea in the colonies.
ambrosius 1 year ago
A famous history professor stated that history was not a science but a continuing investigation into the past; a persons conclusion is based on their own bias. This story will offer evidence that the Alba, Scots, Irish and Pics have been the longest race held in slavery
britempire 1 year ago
Jeremiah Howell was a lifetime-indentured servant by his uncle in Lewis County, Virginia in the early 1700s. His son, Jeremiah, won his freedom by fighting in the Revolution. There were hundreds of thousands of Scots sold into slavery during Colonial America. White slavery to the American Colonies occurred as early as 1630 in Scotland.
britempire 1 year ago
I am not trying to justify slavery or the colonies' use of slavery. I am simply saying that the colonists were right in their efforts of independence. Also, take a look at what the Brits did to the Irish and Scottish throughout history.. not exactly squeaky clean either.
ambrosius 1 year ago
Scots did it to scots
britempire 1 year ago
Point being? I'm talking America here. You're talking slavery.
ambrosius 1 year ago
Got to go to bed. Stay safe. At least you are fare.
britempire 1 year ago
no problem man, you too. It's nice to have a decent debate with someone without getting cursed at and called all sorts of names.
ambrosius 1 year ago
@ambrosius night.
britempire 1 year ago
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tvalen15 1 year ago
@britempire haha slavery? dude, you're thinking a century ahead of this...the revolutionary war wasn't at alllll about slavery
azerskater 1 year ago
@azerskater Yes there were arguments over slavery during the Revolutionary War
jdilley861 1 year ago
@azerskater you are wrong, the North and South were still divided over the practical use of slavery in America even at that time. John Adams was against it, while most of the south was not for obvious reasons. Given that John Adams was overruled in most of these discussions it was not something that was pressed until after the war. In 1772 John Adams, Sam Adams and even George Washington attempted to stop slavery. Many states such as CT, RI, Mass and Pennsylvania abolished slavery.
chjohnst 11 months ago
@chjohnst Mmm...yes that's not my point. He's saying this entire war was about slavery. If that's true, the I guess the Civil War was just to gain freedom from Britain.
azerskater 11 months ago
@azerskater lol that made me laugh
jcolossale21 11 months ago
Solders were promised land and money for there victory. They, your new government renade on the deal.
What maters is NOW not then. We are friends.
britempire 1 year ago
daft cunt.. yanks out numbered the british, and they fought unhonourably! hiding behind walls and fences and... well bunkers!.
XxGREATxBRITAINxX 2 years ago
All is fair in love and war. Was it honorable for the Brits to use Congreve Rockets, Martini Rifles, cannons, and Gattling guns against spear throwing Wooly Woolys, (Sudanese)? Or the about the same against the Zulus?
Viatriste 1 year ago
@XxGREATxBRITAINxX That's why the Brits got massacred during the first half of the French and Indian war.
ambrosius 1 year ago
British troops were sationed in america in the early quater of the French and indian conflict. Those were our royal american colonial troops, you're lot... so ha owned, your talking about ya own kind.
XxGREATxBRITAINxX 1 year ago
You're definitely not making yourself seem any more intelligent, my British friend! I encourage you to open up a history book and read about your British general Braddock. That's all i'll say.... mate lol
ambrosius 1 year ago 13
@ambrosius ya nice then we got our boy, George Washington
USABOYHOOAH 1 year ago
@ambrosius Yes, and a certain Officer named George Washington was particularly useless on that ill fated expedition.
Talbot6832 1 year ago
@ambrosius didnt he die or something
gobabygo90809 1 year ago
@ambrosius LOL braddock=fail general
miteyboosh23 1 year ago
@ambrosius this is great! I've done the Freedom Trail! How great We Are!<3
7syjere 9 months ago
please keep in mind as well, that I harbor no ill-will toward the English. But, I do not regret the colonists fighting for their independence either. I hold somewhat to the political sentiments of Alexander Hamilton, who, after the Revolution, was the greatest pro-English politician in the American government.
ambrosius 1 year ago
@stewart113 True
NathanAndrewLonsdale 2 years ago
is that voice over Al Pacino?
Dirker1000 2 years ago
we dident crow about our victory i hate it when americans say things like 'we stood against the might of the british empire' the french and spanish did u sat on ur fat american arses and took the credit we sacrifised amerca to save jamaica because it was worth more to us
scids225 2 years ago
Oh by the way, "'we stood against the might of the british empire'" I think we won because of the way you guys talk, like sissies or male hair dressers or something.
Viatriste 1 year ago
@scids225 Shut up u cunt first of all the spanish werent even in the war why would u even put that??? and the french were only there for 1/4 of the war so shut up u stupid brit
BUCS50001 1 year ago
The hills were both much higher than they are today. They were cut down to fill the area south of the Charles River. Kenmore Square, Fenway Park,etc.
albionsseed 2 years ago
Very true. Too bad there are so much buildings around them as well. Despite all the years I lived here in Mass. I never once visited the monument.
larosenoire1 2 years ago
@albionsseed That is incorrect. Beacon Hill was cut down for those projects. The Monument was built at least 25 years before Back Bay and St. Francis was well underway on Bunker Hill just as the Back Bay project began.
bostonmaggie 1 year ago
lol look at the fat guy shooting the cannon
carnivor9595 2 years ago
Third time they were ordered to keep their eyes closed, thats how they won.
abdaloser 2 years ago
its weird that the think the hill whas bunker hill its stil weird
mslegoproductions 2 years ago
yes the battle of BREEDS HILL, i neva understoof why they called it the battle of Bunker Hill when it was fought on Breeds Hills
dagroundNpound 2 years ago
They Americans had a minor outpost on Bunker Hill. It was misnamed.
JBBJGWC 2 years ago
I just played this battle at Empire: Total war. It was cool :)
Franzuaa12 2 years ago
good!...lets keep the battle field hill intactand pristine for historians and put the huge monumental concrete penis elsewhere!...but it does give the british crown the finger forever!/milwaukee
rocketshipstud2 2 years ago
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I hate these pathetic reenactments.
DelinquentRodent 2 years ago
And why is that ?
lastpatriot1776 2 years ago
Well, I guess I don't HATE them, but if they are going to go to the trouble to reenact, they should work harder on the psyche/ body language of real war.
DelinquentRodent 2 years ago 3
They should work like our ww2 reenactors, Im one, our germans at least need to know basic german for realism. Etc
BlitzoftheReich 2 years ago
You don't know what you say.
hhhggfg 2 years ago
You never know, if things had been different (for example if the British had posted more troops in the Colonies, or if there had been more competent British commanders) then maybe history would have turned out very differently.
Considering the circumstances of teh American Revolutionary War however, it was a pretty hopeless scenario for the British Empire.
SRSpOoK 2 years ago
"for example if the British had posted more troops in the Colonies"
Impossible the French were causing all sorts of trouble at sea, like blockading and seiging Gibraltar. As soon as France entered the war, game over, if it wasn't already. Besides, American's made good soldiers anyway.
bettertobealive 2 years ago
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is that why theyre all dying to shitty rag heads in afghanistan and theyre not even in the most dangerous part of afghanistan??? un like us brits who have to do the hard work all the time
stewart113 2 years ago
Because the Prussian Baron trained American officers.
PhilipineMan 2 years ago
There are so many children on this website who don't know what they're talking about.
SRSpOoK 2 years ago 20
@SRSpOoK like waht?
Fatshady180 1 year ago
@SRSpOoK listein i am not a kid but i know more then you know about the revolutionary war.
42JRobinson 1 year ago
Sorry to say, but the video is incorrect. The Brits sent up 4 waves of men until they drove the Americans off. The casualties are also incorrect. the patriot forces lost some 300-400 men, while the British lost more than double.
AmgCJoop 2 years ago
sorry for a couple grammar mistakes, it was accidental.
Victory1981 2 years ago
also China was charging high tariffs on our imports, we deported some of their people for spying on our military and technologiacl secrets. China will likely collapse on their own weight in regards to becoming a superpower, but then again you never know.
Victory1981 2 years ago
Some states are better than others here in the USA at the moment. Some stats have been unscathed by this economic mess.
Victory1981 2 years ago
China just laid of workers as well 26 milion from their factories that make goods. Our economy and China's is intertwined. To put it another way we are in bed with the Chinese economically. They benefit off us and we benefit off them. Yeah we have american companies that have our goods made cheap in China.
Victory1981 2 years ago
I think the plan is to devalue the dollar so much (by printing dollars and inflation) that a "solution" will be proposed of a new global reserve currency. Globalists have deliberately caused this financial mess.
China also fancies itself as the new boss on the block, but I trust that country not one jot.
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
China has gotten stronger economically but they have a lot of problems as well, large population to sustain, poverty, other problems etc, we spend more on our military than the whole world combined and we still have the best technology by far, we are not the country we were ten years ago but we are still the strongest nation on the planet. Our economy has taken a hit this decade though, but there is a good outlook starting next year. China is a world power but they aren't on our level yet.
Victory1981 2 years ago
hey, I admire the spirit of 1776, I wish the british people had it now against this traitorous elite that is selling our history, tradition and culture out to the EURABIA master plan and ultimately NWO.
Seen the rhetoric used by our "leaders" lately? It's fvcking scary.
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
I rather see Obama in there than Bush though, these politicians are corrupt pieces of shit and there is corruption in europe etc. We have a lot of capable smart people in this country(including me but i,m young yet) and we had pieces of shit like that to lead our country(Bush administration) I agree with some of what Obama is doing, this stimulus plan is making me nervous though, we are just printing out money and it has to be paid back if it is going to work. I have faith we will prevail.
Victory1981 2 years ago
well we haven't had an attack since 9/11 on our soil or even an embassy abroad, so that has been a positive, I think we will prevail in Iraq as well eventhough it was uneccessary, Afghanistan??? don't know
Victory1981 2 years ago
I respect American military achievements, especially in W.W.II.
I hope you don't go socialist and I hope we wake up and kick the muslims out before it's too late.
The Anglosphere has lead the world for 300 years, and the UK and US can do great things together.
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
Yeah, the burning of the Washington was humiliating.
Victory1981 2 years ago
hehe, we took your capital and burned the Whitehouse, you still haven't gotten over that, admit it.
But yeah, I actually like most Americans and I 've been there twice and had a great time. I just like winding people up on the internet. No harm meant.
Chill, peace.
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
We burned the capital of upper canada as well (York) allright man, take care, our countries will be allright.
Victory1981 2 years ago
haha, you failed in your main war objective! Suck it up yank.
And enjoy your new socialist paradise under obama!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
LOL, you failed in your objective as well, you wanted some of our land as well, and your defeat at Thames ended Tecumsehs confederation and we defeated British regulars at the battle as well, by winning that battle we ended the threat on the northwest frontier and we were able to expand after the war securing a primary war goal. You failed in some of your goals as well. :) Yeah, enjoy bowing to allah, you nation is full of radical islamics. We will prevail. But I can't knock Britain either.
Victory1981 2 years ago
Britain is a great ally and the USA was born out of the British empire. And you'll aren't cowards like the most of europe.
Victory1981 2 years ago
No they weren't; the British Empire reached its peak in 1860 - long after you traitorous bar stewards had gone your separate way.
And I love the fact that we and the Canadians bitch slapped you when you tried to steal canada in 1812!!!!!!!!
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
We whipped you in the war of 1812 as well, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain, Sackett's Harbor etc, we whipped you as well in the war of 1812, the war was a stalemate. You and the Canadians etc also invaded the USA and were repulsed. We pounded the British at New Orleans. Baltimore was another victory, Chippewa, York, 2nd Fort Erie which was the bloodiest battle in the history of Canada, we inflicted more casualties. Battle of Thames we defeated Tecumsehs confederation and British regulars.
Victory1981 2 years ago
Why the hell did we even bother? The American colonies and their ingrate settlers were not worth the bones of one British soldier.
Rentaghost76 2 years ago
if we weren't worth anything then why did we beat you?. I do respect Britain though, we have had a special relationship.
Victory1981 2 years ago
the thirteen colonies were a jewel to the British empire.
Victory1981 2 years ago
Sad that neither hill still exists in the form it did the day of the battle. If I am not mistaken, Bunker's Hill originally stood nearly 800 feet tall. Now it is just a bump really. Both were cut down and used as fill on the south side of the Charles River. At 800 feet it made a commanding artillery base and over-looked the British fortifications. Never build a fort on low ground!!
Ancestor of mine was killed in that battle, in a place simply referred to as the "Stone Wall".
albionsseed 2 years ago
@albionsseed That is incorrect. Back Bay was filled in with Beacon Hill. Breed's Hill was never that high. By the time they began to fill in the Back Bay, the Monument was already on the Breed's Hill and St. Francis de Sales was already under construction and near completion on Bunker Hill
bostonmaggie 1 year ago
The third time the British went up the hill with their eyes closed - and......Victory!
Jagdtoq 2 years ago
The British had the wrong map, sounds about right LOL
Jagdtoq 2 years ago
im in 5th grade and this helped alot in stupid friggen social studies
gurlie14000 3 years ago
lol me too!
icemangogirl456 2 years ago