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Battle of Saratoga Introduction

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The Revolutionary War was a very big fight of Great Britain vs. the colonists from the 13 colonies. There were many important people who helped us gain American’s freedom such as Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. All these people had an important role in American history. There are probably many other people you may not know about such as General Burgoyne. There were many people who tried to make Americans not earn their freedom such as the British King. This battle is called the battle of Saratoga. This is just one of the many battles that gave Americans freedom. The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle Americans won to gain their freedom. Read more to find out about the battle of Saratoga.====== Invasion of the New York City Area During the summer of the year 1776, a strong army under the hands of General Sir William Howe invaded the New York City area. Sir William Howe defeated George Washington’s army by out numbering him and being trained better. out numbering him and being trained better.

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=The “Divide and Conquer” plan= British General Burgoyne made up a strategy known as divide and conquer. Burgoyne showed this plan to important British ministers and they approved of it. The plan was to invade America from Canada by going down to the Hudson Valley to Albany. There was another group of troops under the command of Sir William Howe. They would join together at Albany. Howe was going to Albany and he was going north from New York and New Jersey. General Burgoyne thought that his plan would isolate New England from the American colonies. The problem was- the French might join in. That was the only problem that the British were worrying about. =The Fort= In June 1777 General Burgoyne's army was made up of 7,000 troops. Half of the troops were from Britain and the other of the army was Hessians. The Hessians came from Brunswick and Hesse-Hanau. General Burgoyne’s army left from St. Johns on Lake Champlain, to go to Fort Ticonderoga at the end of the lake. Finally the 7,000 British soldiers got to Fort Ticonderoga George Washington and all his men discovered British weapons near their fort they began to realize that they were harmless to the British because they were not prepared for this surprise attack. George Washington ordered all men to retreat from the fort. The men, cannons and inventory were all carried by boat to Mount Independence.

From there a British army was going to Habbardton. The British army caught up and gave battle. As General Burgoyne’s army marched south, a terrible mistake happened in the “divide and conquer” plan. Sir Howe chose to attack an American capitol in Philadelphia, when they were supposed to meet with each other at Albany. General Burgoyne’s supply root all the way from Canada was getting less and less resourceful and reliable. In August the British heard that there was a decent amount of supplies for Britain that was dropped off in Bennington, Vermont. There was little security to protect the supplies. General Burgoyne sent out German troops to get the supplies and hopefully come back with them. The problem was, an American general named John Stark had an army and caught a little over 500 German soldiers. Another thing that was an epic fail was most of the Loyalists and Tories that were supposed to turn up and join the British army-didn’t. There were hundreds of people who didn’t come. It also turned out to be that the Native American Allies of Britain didn’t appear either. So that caused the British army to collapse a little bit. An American general named Schuyler proceeded to burn the supplies General Burgoyne needed in line of Burgoyne’s advance. This caused a major problem because now all General Burgoyne had to rely on for supplies was- the slow Canada supply root. There were 1,000 British soldiers who died for multiple reasons on the trail to Albany.

Even though thier just toys, they look like red coats also, that's all I could find. Freeman’s Farm In the middle of September, with the fall weather reminding General Burgoyne that he had to go to Albany. He needed to be at Albany fast. General Burgoyne‘s army crossed over the Hudson and straight towards Saratoga. Finally- The Battle Finally, on September 19 the two armies got together at freeman’s farm. Freeman’s farm was north of Albany. In the end of September, American Gate’s army was between Burgoyne’s army and Albany. Burgoyne decided to attack Gate’s army and that was an epic fail because on the date October 17, 1777, 5,895 men of British and Hessian soldiers had surrendered their arms. General Burgoyne had lost 86 percent of his army. That’s a lot of men! After the battle was over, General Burgoyne had surrendered his whole army, and he promised his men he wouldn’t do so. So America/the colonists won the battle in 1777. After the Battle and Before the Battle There were many battles before and after this battle. At first, George Washington’s army wasn’t doing so well in the beginning, but somehow he managed to tear General Burgoyne’s army apart. After the battle of Saratoga, things started to change because the French heard that the colonists were winning. The French wanted to help out the Americans for a long time, but the Americans were losing until after the battle of Saratoga. After the battle of Saratoga the French helped out the Americans for freedom for all other battles. The very first battle, was the Battle of Lexington and Concord where General Thomas Gage tried to defeat the colonists. Peter Salem, was an African-American who helped fight in Lexington and Concord. There was the battle of Moores Creek Brige where Mary Slocum fought. The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle. Fredrick Van Steuben trained George Washington's men in the Battle of Yorktown. Americans finally earned their independence when the French joined in and the Treaty of Paris was signed. The Treaty of Paris was the document that gave Americans freedom. The date was 1781 when the colonists won. The Declaration of Independence, was writen by Thomas Jefferson. He also got some help from John Adams. [] British Flag Spies There were spies that worked for Americans and spies that worked for Britain in the Revolutionary War. The point of them was to send important messages to their masters in creative ways so nobody could read/find them. (Besides their masters that they were working for)

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