Dorchester Heights- After the Battle

Megan G

Dorchester Heights

Important People

When and Why It became Historic?

The Battle of Dorchester

Assignment:

After the battle was over General Howe and his remaining men decided to leave Boston, including about a thousand loyalists because they were afraid to stay. It took the troops eleven days to load their ships and collect all their supplies.

*"On March 17 the evacuation was complete"( Hepburn, Andrew. Biography of a CityBoston. New York: Scholastic Book Services,1966) The Bostonians which included General Washington and his troops were excited because they defeated the British, and they couldn't wait to enter back into Boston, but because the British had to wait for one right winds before they could deport, the Bostonians were afraid that the British were plotting to attack them, but they weren't. The British finally set sail on the twenty-seventh of

March. The British didn't leave to go to New York like Washington thought they were going to go, instead the British headed for Halifax, and never returned to Boston.

On March 28, the Bostonians celebrated their defeat. After the British left, the Bostonians noticed the British left some of their belongings like some stores, ammunition, cannons, and weapons. These things were useful to the Americans later.

aAfter everything was over the Americans rewarded General Washington. They made speeches in his honor, Congress voted him a gold metal, and the Overseers of Harvard College gave him an honorary degree. The degree was of Doctor of Law.

Bibliography:

Http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9198/revwar/dorchest.htm

Hepburn, Andrew. Biography of a City Boston. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1966 : 136

Shackleton, Robert. The Book of Boston. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia, 1917.