 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1777, vaBritain vakatumira uto raBurgoyne rokupinda nechisimba kubva kuCanada kumaodzanyemba kuenda kuNew York kuti vavhare New England. Vavariro yavo yakanga iri yokuparadzanisa New England, iyo vaBritain vaiona sechinhu chikuru chinokonzera nyonganyonga. Panzvimbo pokuenda kuchamhembe kunotsigira Burgoyne, uto reBritain muNew York City rakaenda kuPhiladelphia mune imwe nyaya huru yekusawirirana, kuitora kubva kuWashington. Mauto okurwisa aitungamirirwa naBurgoyne akanga achinonoka zvikuru uye akabatwa mumuganhu wokuchamhembe kweNew York. Yakapanduka pashure peHondo dzeSaratogamuna October 1777. Kubvira pakutanga kwaOctober 1777 kusvikira kuna November 15, kukombwa kwakatsausa mauto eBritain paFort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, uye kwakabvumira Washington nguva yokuchengetedza Continental Army nokutungamirira mauto ake zvakachengeteka kunzvimbo dzakaoma dzechando paValley Forge. 