History of the United States I / Unit 6 USH1 0764 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Saratoga
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The idea
At Saratoga on October seventeenth, seventeen seventy-seven, Burgoyne surrendered five thousand soldiers. The anchor calls it a major turning point in the war.
In practice
A British army surrendered whole, in the field, to American forces.
Where people slip
The reason it mattered is not the five thousand men. It is what the victory persuaded a foreign government to do.
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