Articles related to "General John Burgoyne"

British General John Burgoyne's military career is most noted in the US for his surrender to the American army at Saratoga, bringing France into the American Revolution.

In 1778 the Iroquois Confederation was invaded by American forces under the command of General John Sullivan, devastating the Six Nations.

The murder of Jane McCrae brought a surge of volunteers to the Patriot cause during the American Revolution against the British and their commissioned Indians.

It was June 1777. America desperately needed a victory to save the revolution and bring France into the war. She found her salvation near the town of Saratoga, New York.

An underestimation of colonial strength and resolve as well as an internal lack of command coordination resulted in British failures to end the colonial revolt.