It's on...

The colonists needed to demonstrate their Independence, and as said before, one thing was declaring it on paper and achieving it was a different story. They had to win a series of battles and a bloody war in order to defeat the world's biggest empire. Britain had 4x the population of the colonists which was about 2.5 million, so can you imagine the amount of British people against a few colonists who truly seeked Independence? 
The British didn't take the colonists seriously, until they defeated them at Concord. The British repeated the same mistake once again at the Battle of Bunker Hill, this battle was fought on June 17, 1775, a few days after George Washington was elected the Commander of the Continental Army. Despite the name, the battle was really fought on Breed's Hill not on Bunker Hill.

Battle of Breed's Hill

 The colonials were ready to attack, they had fortified the hills around Boston, they wanted to push the British outside the Port. The British had a new commander: Lord William Howe, born on August 10, 1729 on Britain. He planned a frontal assault right at noon, making his army struggle because they were wearing this red coats below the hot sun of noon and carrying heavy artifacts, and walking uphill... Absurd right? The Patriots had a clever tactic, they hide in trenches and attacked the Red Coats. The first two charges the Patriots won, and the British won the third charge, but just because the Patriots ran out of ammunition. Even though the Red coats won, the Patriots gave the British wake-up call. So the British better get ready for the next encounters...