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General Burgoyne's Strategy: The Capture of New York and the Divide of the Colonies

In Part 6 of our exploration of Fort Schuyler, we delve into British General John Burgoyne’s ambitious plan to conquer New York and effectively split the 13 colonies in half, potentially ending the Revolutionary War in Britain’s favor. This multi-pronged strategy involved coordinated movements from Canada to Albany by Burgoyne’s army, Colonel Barry St. Leger’s forces, and General William Howe's troops from New York City. By taking key forts and towns along the way, they aimed to sever communication and resources between northern and southern colonies.

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General Burgoyne's Strategy: The Capture of New York and the Divide of the Colonies

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  1. Fort Schuyler The fort that never surrendered Part 6- General John Burgoyne’s Plan

  2. British General John Burgoyne came up with a plan to capture New York which would split the 13 colonies in half and the war would be over with America losing the war. General John Burgoyne

  3. Part of the plan was for a British army of Colonel Barry St. Leger and their Haudenosaunee allies to travel down the St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario, landing at Oswego.  Then the army would travel down the Oswego River, to Oneida Lake to the Oneida Carry and eastward down the Mohawk River to Albany.  All along the way, St. Leger's army would capture all the forts and town. St. Leger Joseph Brant

  4. St. Leger's army route from Lake Ontario along the Mohawk River to Albany.

  5. The other two parts of the plan would be that General John Burgoyne's army would start in Canada and move south along Lake Champlain to Albany capturing all the forts and towns along the way, and General William Howe's army would move north from New York City along the Hudson River to Albany capturing all the forts and towns. In this way, all of New York would be under British control and no Continental troops, supplies or communication could travel from the northern states to the southern states. George Washington would be forced to surrender his Continental Army.

  6. General William Howe should go from NYC up along the Hudson River to Albany. His army will capture all the forts and towns along the way.

  7. Image citations Slide 2: Burgoyne- http://www.saratoga.org/battle1777/images-page/burgoyne.jpg Slide 3:St. Leger- www.archives.gov/.../pictures/ Brant- http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~walters/web%20231/jos%20brant.jpg Slide 4:maps- http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/history/neck/kitchinmap.html Slide 5: map- http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/TwHP/wwwlps/lessons/107bennington/107images/107map2bh.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/TwHP/wwwlps/lessons/107bennington/107locate2.htm&h=652&w=586&sz=118&hl=en&start=36&tbnid=TLqBQ_v89cHCxM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dburgoyne%2527s%2Bplan%2Bmaps%26start%3D18%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN Slide 6: Howe- http://www.explorepahistory.com/images/ExplorePAHistory-a0a9x1-a_349.jpg

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