BATTLE OF SARATOGA
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Saint Ledger was stopped
by Arnold...never made it Albany.
WHY WAS
SARATOGA
IMPORTANT?
1) It convinced the
French to join us and
declare war on
England.
BOURGOYNE
Bourgoyne took over Fort
Ticonderoga right away.
2) It prevented the
British from
cutting off
New England.
SAINT LEDGER
GATES AND ARNOLD
3) An English army
of 6000+ was no more.
This eliminated 1/3
of the British army in
America.
ORIGINAL BRITISH PLAN
Howe, of course, never went to meet
Bourgoyne. Bad mistake, Howe.
HOWE
BATTLE OF SARATOGA NOTES
The British plan
1) Cut the colonies in half by driving a wedge down the Hudson River.
This would cut New England off from the rest of the colonies.
2) The plan was to have Bourgoyne come south down the Hudson
River and meet Howe who could come up the Hudson
River and meet in Albany.
The American Reaction
1) Washington sent Gates to march north and stop Bourgoyne.
2) They had wanted to stop him at Ticonderoga but the British took
over the fort without firiing a shot.
What happened...
1) The British supply lines got too long because the Americans were
harrassing them the entire way.
2) Gates met the British by the Hudson in a region called Saratoga.
3) Two battles took place. Don’t worry about the first one. It was in
the second battle that Benedict Arnold rode from a tent, took
over a British battery, and won the battle. He didn’t get any
credit because he was laying in a tent, shot in the leg.
battle of monmouth
battle of brandywine
WHY WAS
BRANDYWINE
IMPORTANT?
NY
1) It made the British
give up fighting any
more battles in the
north.
1) Philadelphia fell
to the British, but it
wasn’t the final victory
that Howe thought he
would get. We just
moved the congress
to a different capital...
York, Pennsylvania.
NY
PENN
MD
WHY WAS
MONMOUTH
IMPORTANT?
2) Howe SHOULD
HAVE met Bougoye in
Albany. By NOT doing
that, Bourgoyne had
no chance.
NJ
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howe’s
route
BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE NOTES
The British plan
1) Sail from New York, up the Chesapeake
Bay, march to Philadelphia
The American Reaction
1) Stop the British in front of Philadelphia.
What happened...
1) Washington positioned his troops behind the Brandywine Creek.
2) Howe outflanked Washington, causing Washington many losses.
3) Washington was able to escape with most of his army to Valley
Forge.
PENN
MD
NJ
DEL
BATTLE OF MONMOUTH NOTES
The British plan
1) Leave Philadelphia for New York. With Bourgoyne’s army
destroyed, Howe had to escaspe.
The American Reaction
1) Try to catch the British and destroy them before the reached
New York city.
What happened...
1) Washington ordered his general Clinton to attack the British. He
retreated instead.
2) Washington personally rallied his troops and forced the British to
retreat.
3) The British gave up and escaped to New York.
2) It showed the
American people that
the American
troops could now fight
the British because of
what they learned in
Valley Forge from Von
Steuben.
3) Washington became
the undisputed general. People believed in
him.
ticonderoga
saratoga
monmouth
brandywine
british victory
american victory
bunker hill:
was a pyhric
victory for the british...but a real win
for the americans because it prooved the
americans could stand up to the british.
bunker hill
new york/long island
trenton
trenton: a great american vic-
tory on christmas day, 1777...Washington
surprised the hessians and took over 1000
prisoners.
new york/long island: a
bad loss for the americans... but could
have been worse if washington had not
escaped long island by sneaking his troops
to manhattan in boats.
new york/long island:
bourgoyne took over this fort by putting
his cannons above he fort. the americans
had to flee.