10/10 Boston

We went to Boston and Charlestown Massachusetts. Boston has a lot of Historic Areas. Boston is home to many historic sites. Charleston is the site of Bunker Hill.

Bunker Hill Monument

Charlestown is the home to the famous Bunker Hill. The reason there is a historic site is that Joseph Warren, a famous doctor in Boston was killed during the Battle of Bunker, but all the Americans and some British officers objected it. There is a big monument to him. The battle happened during the Siege of Boston. The Americans Surrounded the British in the Siege of Boston. Then the American learned of the plans of the British to do a three pronged attack on the Americans. The Americans decided to build a fort on Bunker Hill they thought that this would make the British have to attack the Americans so at 4 in the morning the Americans started to build a fort. When the British saw the fort the had to attack the fort or Boston would be in danger of being hit by canons, which the Americans did not have with them, but the British did not know that. So the British had to get on boats and there was not enough room to move all the British all at once. They moved the British in three waves to Charlestown then the British Regulars had to cross a swamp. Then they planned on walking along the beach. Then they saw the Americans digging a trench in the ground and they had brought the 6-pounder cannons, but had 12-pound ammunition. So, they charged the Americans they shot the British down. By the end there were 50 of the 350 were still able to fight. Then the American Stark of New Hampshire came to the fort with his men and saw the river was open and then he took his troops and made walls of the all the way into the nearby river. Then 500 British came to attack Starks men. So, they did and attack by three first the one 1/3 shot then another 1/3 then the last. There was someone always firing. Until there were no more. The Starks crew went back to the fort and the British lobed cannonballs at the fort and the men were scared so one of the officers stood up on the wall and said “they can’t hit anything”. Then the British attack the fort and the Americans retreated. The Americans eventually retreated but they had 1/3 of the losses and achieved three things they wanted to they were they could stand up to the British, they improved there moral and they protected Cambridge.

We also saw the Constitution. This is the oldest commissioned warship afloat. The Constitution was finished after 3 years of make was finished in 1777. The ship got its name in its last battle “Old Ironsides” because the cannonballs bounced off and stuck to the boat because of the live oak, which is 3 times denser than regular oak. The ships time of battles were from 1812 to 1815. The ship got into 33 and lost 0 times. To run the ship the crew size was 400-500 men on the ship. There were up to 60 guns on the ship.

We saw so other important places in the Revolutionary War. First we saw the North Church. This is the place the lanterns were hung in the church. The caretaker of the church lit them only for a minute thought. The saying was “1 if by land and 2 if by sea”. Second we saw the sight of the Boston Massacre in 1770 on March 5^th. This was a riot against taxes and was one of the reasons the war started.