<P> The Battles of Saratoga ( September 19 and October 7 , 1777 ) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War . British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward in the Champlain Valley from Canada , hoping to meet a similar force marching northward from New York City , and another force marching eastward from Lake Ontario ; the southern and western forces never arrived , and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York . Burgoyne fought two small battles to break out . They took place eighteen days apart on the same ground , 9 miles ( 14 km ) south of Saratoga , New York . They both failed . Trapped by superior American forces , and with no relief in sight , Burgoyne retreated to Saratoga ( now Schuylerville ) and surrendered his entire army there on October 17 . His surrender , says historian Edmund Morgan , `` was a great turning point of the war because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory . </P>
<P> The Battles of Saratoga ( September 19 and October 7 , 1777 ) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War . British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward in the Champlain Valley from Canada , hoping to meet a similar force marching northward from New York City , and another force marching eastward from Lake Ontario ; the southern and western forces never arrived , and Burgoyne was surrounded by American forces in upstate New York . Burgoyne fought two small battles to break out . They took place eighteen days apart on the same ground , 9 miles ( 14 km ) south of Saratoga , New York . They both failed . Trapped by superior American forces , and with no relief in sight , Burgoyne retreated to Saratoga ( now Schuylerville ) and surrendered his entire army there on October 17 . His surrender , says historian Edmund Morgan , `` was a great turning point of the war because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory . </P>
what was significant about the american victory at saratoga in 1777
what was significant about the american victory at saratoga in 1777
marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War