 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mukati mezhizha ra 1777, uto rokupinda reBritain raGeneral John Burgoyne rakacheka nzira yaro yokumaodzanyemba nomusango rakaoma, kubva kuQuebec kusvikira kuRwizi rweHudson, ndokutora nhare inokosha yeFort Ticonderoga, ndokutyaira Hondo yeKondinendi kudzokera shure kwakapererwa nechokumaodzanyemba. Mapoka evarwi vokuBritain nevarwi vomunzvimbomo vaivhozhokera vakasununguka, vakapamba uye vakapisa nharaunda dzomuganhu dzeChamplain Valley uye vakatyisidzira misha yose kumaodzanyemba. Muganhu weVermont wakaputsika mukutarisana nokupinda kweBritain. Dare rinodzika mutemo reNew Hampshire, richityira kupinda kwokubva kumadokero, rakaunganidza mauto ehurumende achitungamirirwa naGeneral John Stark. 