The Revolutionary War: The Battle Of Saratoga
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga began on September 19, 1777; it has been called the most important battle in the Revolutionary War. How the Battle of Saratoga happened was, first the British Generals came up with a plan to disconnect New England from the other colonies by taking control of Albany, the Hudson River, and New York City which would ultimately bring the war to a quick end.
After the British easily captured Fort Ticonderoga the carless General Burgoyne dragged South unhurriedly while the Americans hurriedly regrouped under the command of Horatio Gates. One of the many absurdity of this war was that both Generals knew each other before the war started through, being in the same British regiment and were also both junior …show more content…
Leger, who was a brigadier-general for this mission, who also brought along an assortment of troops with him men such as Canadians, British, and Indian men were they would go east from Lake Ontario.
General William Howe also joined the two where he moved his troops North from Albany where they all three would meet and crush the rebels. But General Howe had different plans, instead of meeting in Albany he invaded the Patriots Capital of Philadelphia where he succeed to capturing however he decided to stay the winter there rather than going to Albany. Moreover, St. Leger was stopped by General Arnold's relentless troops which kept St. Leger from getting to …show more content…
With the beginning of the French Revolution protest of slave revolute developed in the West Indies. More independence movements broke out across the world for example the Spanish empire was already unstable which was caused by the French revolution. As a result of the revolutions in America and France the world was considerably different and this can all be traced back to the Battle of Saratoga. Depending on what you stood for this could be either a negative or positive impact. For the Americans this was a positive impact because colonist started to fight for independence and want change. For Britain this was a negative effect since they wanted to maintain order throughout the colonies and other territories that were under Britain's
The Battle of Saratoga began on September 19, 1777; it has been called the most important battle in the Revolutionary War. How the Battle of Saratoga happened was, first the British Generals came up with a plan to disconnect New England from the other colonies by taking control of Albany, the Hudson River, and New York City which would ultimately bring the war to a quick end.
After the British easily captured Fort Ticonderoga the carless General Burgoyne dragged South unhurriedly while the Americans hurriedly regrouped under the command of Horatio Gates. One of the many absurdity of this war was that both Generals knew each other before the war started through, being in the same British regiment and were also both junior …show more content…
Leger, who was a brigadier-general for this mission, who also brought along an assortment of troops with him men such as Canadians, British, and Indian men were they would go east from Lake Ontario.
General William Howe also joined the two where he moved his troops North from Albany where they all three would meet and crush the rebels. But General Howe had different plans, instead of meeting in Albany he invaded the Patriots Capital of Philadelphia where he succeed to capturing however he decided to stay the winter there rather than going to Albany. Moreover, St. Leger was stopped by General Arnold's relentless troops which kept St. Leger from getting to …show more content…
With the beginning of the French Revolution protest of slave revolute developed in the West Indies. More independence movements broke out across the world for example the Spanish empire was already unstable which was caused by the French revolution. As a result of the revolutions in America and France the world was considerably different and this can all be traced back to the Battle of Saratoga. Depending on what you stood for this could be either a negative or positive impact. For the Americans this was a positive impact because colonist started to fight for independence and want change. For Britain this was a negative effect since they wanted to maintain order throughout the colonies and other territories that were under Britain's