Battles of Saratoga

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  1. 2. whose army would march north from New York City.
  2. 5. have Burgoyne march south to Albany to join forces with Gen
  3. 7. On Sept. 19, 1777, Burgoyne’s army engaged Gates’s forces in the First Battle of
  4. 10. met a fierce attack from a Continental army under Gen.
  5. 11. assembled along the St. Lawrence River
  6. 12. forced the surrender of fort Ticonderoga
  7. 13. The combination of American and blank forces secured the surrender of Great Britain in 1783.
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  1. 1. In 1778 the Blank Congress made an alliance with France,
  2. 3. The blank victories in the Battles of Saratoga helped convince France to recognize the new nation’s independence.
  3. 4. John Burgoyne assembled along the St. Lawrence John Burgoyne assembled along the St. Lawrence
  4. 6. French sent a naval fleet, ground troops, and supplies to assist the blank Army in the war.
  5. 8. Burgoyne led 1,500 of his
  6. 9. Leading nearly blank British troops southward into New York,
  7. 10. surrendered on Oct. 17, 1777, and accepted the conditions set forth in the Convention of Saratoga.
  8. 12. was reduced to blank troops