AR however only has clear and wilderness terrain. A point to make here is the scale of the game 1776 uses monthly turns and 18.6 miles to the hex. From this it should be clear that 1776 is the more detailed while AR will portray the overall situation with more impact. Since the British attacked at Bunker Hill I feel 1776 is correct, however the British did, through their own bungling, allow the initiative to pass to the Americans later in the war. The scale of the two games is really the crux of a comparison between them.
Command control is an interesting factor coupled with movement.
In any movement area at the beginning of a turn two groups of British units may be formed. Both the American and British units however have the same movement allowance. In other words, roughly one third of the British players attempted movements will not work. In 1776 however no such restrictions apply. The British are unrestricted by command control instead a different tack is taken.