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Hace 4 días · The Saratoga Campaign of 1777 unfolded as part of British General John Burgoyne's attempt to seize control of the Hudson River Valley in North America. Burgo...
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Hace 5 días · General John Burgoyne came up with a brilliant plan to cut the rebellious colonies in two, north and south. The idea was to make it so that New England would be cut off from the rest of the colonies. The way to do this, Burgoyne reasoned, was to capture New York once and for all, in hopes that seeing such a devastating blow, the Americans would surrender.
Hace 3 días · May 25, 1775 — British Generals John Burgoyne, Henry Clinton, and William Howe arrived in Boston; May 27, 1775 — Battle of Chelsea Creek; June 14, 1775 — Continental Army organized by the Continental Congress; June 15, 1775 — George Washington named Commander-in-Chief; June 17, 1775 — Battle of Bunker Hill
Introduction. George Washington’s failure to prevent the British army from seizing Philadelphia guided his decision to make Valley Forge the site of the Continental Army’s 1777–1778 winter encampment. Less than twenty miles from the captured capital, it was close enough to curtail British movement in the Pennsylvania countryside but ...
Hace 4 días · General John Burgoyne’s Stay in Albany. On October 19, 1777, two days after the Articles of Convention brought his “disaster at Saratoga” to a close, British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne arrived in Albany, New York, a defeated man. There, Burgoyne resided in the home of Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler until October 27, 1777. [1]
Hace 1 día · The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many North American colonists.
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