Campaign Year of 1777

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Campaign Year of 1777

• The Year of the Hangman

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The Three-Pronged Campaign
General John Burgoyne
Col. Barry St.Leger
Sir William Howe
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The Champlain Valley

• Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne (B) invades the
  Champlain Valley
• His army includes Redcoats, Tory Rangers,
  Hessians and Native Americans

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Burgoyne captures Ft. Ticonderoga
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Philip Skene

• Philip Skene (B) convinces Burgoyne to go
  overland from Lake Champlain to the Hudson Valley

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Phillip Schuyler

• General Philip Schuyler (A) uses slow down
  tactics and a scorched earth policy to hurt
  Burgoyne
• Takes more than two weeks to get to Hudson Valley

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Murder of Jane McCrea
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Battle of Bennington

• Burgoyne sends his Hessians to get horses and
  supplies at Bennington.
• Seth Warner (A) and John Stark (A) defeat the
  Hessians at the Battle of Bennington (A)

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Battles of Saratoga

• Gen. John Burgoyne vs. Gen Horatio Gates
• Battles of Freemans Farm (A)

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Battles of Saratoga

• Battle of Bemis Heights (A)
• Daniel Morgans Riflemen
• Benedict Arnolds leg

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Daniel Morgans Riflemen
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Statue to Benedict Arnold at Saratoga
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Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga Turning Point
of the War
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Col. Barry St.Leger lays siege to Ft. Stanwix

• St. Legers army includes Redcoats, Tory Rangers
  and Iroquois

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Iroquois Confederacy

• Iroquois Confederacy split over who to support
  during the Revolution
• Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Mohawk side with the
  British
• Oneida and Tuscarora side with the Americans

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Ft. Stanwix

• Peter Gansvoort (A) and Marius Willett (A)
  command Ft. Stanwix

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Battle of Oriskany
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Nicholas Herkimer

• Battle of Oriskany (B) Gen. Nicholas Herkimer
  (A) ambushed trying to relieve the siege first
  battle that the Iroquois were involved in

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Benedict Arnold (A) relieves the siege of Ft.
Stanwix
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Hudson Valley

• Sir William Howe (B) claims he never got his
  orders and goes to Philadelphia
• Sir Henry Clinton (B) moves a British army up the
  Hudson

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Sir Henry Clinton

• Breaks through a chain the Americans have across
  the river at West Point
• Burns Kingston, the rebel capital, when he hears
  that Burgoyne surrendered

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What happened to Sir William Howe?
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Howe decides to take Philadelphia
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Battle of Brandywine
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Battle of Germantown
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Howe captures Philadelphia
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French Enter the War

• Benjamin Franklin has been in Paris trying to
  convince the French to join the war
• American victory at Saratoga and the way
  Washingtons army fought around Philadelphia
  convinces the French to join
• American Revolution becomes a World War