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The Role Of Saratoga In The American Revolution

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The Battle of Saratoga is considered to be the turning point in the American Revolution. In this War, the American army was able to defeat the large army of British. Since the American army won the French decided to come help them in their next battles. The battle told the world that the little American army can beat a highly trained army. Some of the biggest generals to the American army are Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates. The British had one and that was John Burgoyne. Battle of Saratoga is the main turning in the American revolution because the French joined the American army, it was a plan by the British to take of New York and beat the little army of the Americans, and why Benedict Arnold was a traitor to the American army.

France played a big role in the American Revolutionary War. After the Americans won against the British, the French decided to help the Americans, one because they had a huge rivalry. The French surrounded the British by sea and boats while the Americans surrounded them by land. The French helped out a little by land but mostly by sea. They helped at Chesapeake Bay and at Yorktown. They brought a huge army that was 10 times better than the Americans and both of them together won against the British. …show more content…

He wanted to take the Hudson River to blow out New England Colonies. General Burgoyne’s plan went into effect during the summer of 1777 and was initially a success—the British captured Fort Ticonderoga on June 2, 1777. Burgoyne then suffered defeat in Bennington, Vermont, and bloody draws at Bemis Heights, New York. On October 17, 1777, a frustrated Burgoyne retreated 10 miles and surrendered his remaining 6,000 British forces to the Patriots at

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