Saratoga; Turning Point in the American RevolutionDescribes the immediate causes, events, and aftermath of the Saratoga campaign, a series of encounters which marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War in favor of the rebel colonists. |
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Burgoyne Captures Ticonderoga | 42 |
A Crucial Delay | 52 |
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