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Person1722 – 1792
John Burgoyne
British general and playwright who marched south from Canada in 1777 and surrendered at Saratoga
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Burgoyne’s British army, marching south from Canada along the Hudson, lost two battles at Saratoga and surrendered; the victory brought France into alliance with the United States.
People who appear alongside
Benjamin Franklin1706 – 1790Philadelphia printer, scientist and diplomat who signed the Declaration and the Constitution and won the French alliance in Paris
Themes this person appears in
- The American Revolution1765 – 1789
From the Stamp Act to Washington’s inauguration — thirteen colonies that cried “No taxation without representation” fought Britain for eight years, won their independence and framed a new republic under the Constitution