trol over all the colonies.These were not the only incidents that caused unrest to exist between the Colonies and the British. There had been incidents between British soldiers and colonists for some time, due mainly to the Quartering Act. These incidents finally erupted into the Boston Massacre, an event that resulted in colonists deaths and more distrust. These feelings of discontent and the growing fear of an uprising would lead the British to proceed to Lexington and Concord and destroy colonial military supplies. This left the colonists with the feeling of hatred and total malice towards the British. Neither side trusted the other, and had concerns that the opposition would launch an attack upon them. When the British planned to occupy Dorchester Heights on the Boston Peninsula, the colonists became alarmed at the build up of British troops off the coast. The colonists decided that action had to be taken; they had to stop the threatening British movement in this territory to protect them from an attack.It was because of this as well as the many small skirmishes through the years, which would lead the colonies into a confrontation with the British. The Battle of Bunker Hill started when the colonists learned about the British plan to occupy Dorchester Heights. The colonists were unnerved by this news. They, the Colonists thought of this as the last straw, they must protect their land at all costs. A small militia was formed to take the defensive position on the hill. The Militia was made up of men from Cambridge, New England, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. In addition, this hastily combined force of men had no assigned commander in chief, but did what their revered Generals instructed them to carry out. On June 15, 1775, the American colonists heard news that the British planned to control the Charleston peninsula between the Charles and Mystic Rivers. Bunker's and Breed's Hill on this peninsula overloo...
