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To conserve ammunition during the Battle of Bunker Hill (the American Revolution).

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The Americans (rebels) had been poorly supplied with ammunition. They needed to save as much ammunition as they could. What they did use needed to be as accurate as possible. The closer the British were when they fired, the higher the kill rate.

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