Soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, George Washington assumed command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in July 1775.
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, as part of the Siege of Boston during the War of Independence. General Israel Putnam was in charge of the revolutionary forces, while Major General William Howe commanded the British forces. The result was a pyrrhic victory for the British, who suffered more than a thousand casualties.
The Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, three days before the battle. Proposed by John Adams of Massachusetts, Washington was named Commander in Chief of it, of which assumed control in the month of July, during the Siege of Boston, in which he defeated the British Forces.