PRESENTATION OUTLINE
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
British General John Burgoyne,
Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold
IMPORTANT FACTS
Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat.
He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist’s cause and enter the war as their ally.
WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT
the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist’s cause and enter the war as their ally.
INTERESTING FACTS
The word Saratoga is shorthand for two battles that gave the coup de grace to the 1777 British invasion from Canada during the American Revolutionary War.
