Battle+of+Saratoga

= = = = The Battle of Saratoga

The battle took place in Saratoga, New York on the Hudson River, on October 17th, 1777. It was the British and Germans, with their Major Genral John Burgoyne, against the Americans, with their Major Generals Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold. The war was started because in the winter of 1776/7 because the British government in London meant to send a strong, powerful army from Canada to the Lake Champlain route, to the American colonies. Burgoyne was told to take strong soliders to Lake Champlain and to capture the Fort Ticonderoga, anto the south.d then to advance to Hudson River and then start to go The and Germans lost 5,700 troops to America; 86% of Burgoyne’s command was captured. While the Americans had some where between 12,000 to 14,000 militia and troops left. In the war, loyalist John Freeman and his 12 year old son, Thomas, stayed to fight with the British and Germans. After words, the British and Germans lost, John Freeman family lived as refugees along Lake Champlain, in 1778 him, his wife, and his children all died of smallpox. John Neilson, a patriot, packed up and moved before he was sent off to fight. In this war lots of farm land was destroyed but afterword they cut down forest for building and for burning. This winning gave hope to the Americans, afterword money and supplies flowed to America. This victory also convinced France, Spain, and the Netherlands to enter the war on the American side. = =