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T7 - 6.3B Adam Stewart, Scott Kuchar (Battle of Saratoga)

battle of saratoga

Major John Burgoyne surrenders his entire army to American minutemen on October 17, 1777. He surrenders his men in the Fort of Saratoga. The American minutemen force the British army to surrender. They had the overwhelming numbers. This forced the British to surrender.

British suffer major loses at fort Saratoga. The British troops lead by Major John Burgoyne where planning on just going in to the fort and taking it over. After arriving the British military had the plan that they would come from Canada to the south to Albany New York. Then from their they would go to fort Ticonderoga and recapture the fort. He made it through Ticonderoga and proceeded to fort Saratoga. This was the moment that the minute men had been waiting for. All that could make it to Saratoga had gone as quickly as possible. By the time that Burgoyne had made it to Saratoga there had been too many men for them to take on. Burgoyne had saw that he would lose all his men and that is when he had made the order to surrender.

The British military in America lead by Major John Burgoyne had surrendered on October 17, 1777. They were at the American fort of Saratoga. The British had fought for territories that the Americans had taken over. The British had come in from the north and had succeeded in taking the Fort of Ticonderoga. They then found them selfs surrounded by American minute men. This was when John Burgoyne noticed that he had to surrender or loses all of his men to the minute men.

The British were fighting for the land that they have lost to the American minute men. They had the plan to come from their Fort in Canada and go south to Albany New York. They then went Ticonderoga And took the Fort over and had suffered many loses but they still went on hoping to make it through Saratoga with very few loses.

As Burgoyne and his men were approaching Saratoga the minute men had formed a line and were ready to fight. They did not expect the British to give as easily as they did the minute men had thought they would have had to fight to the death. This amazed people around the world when they had heard that the Americans had beaten the British. The Americans were the first people that had beaten the British.