British General John Burgoyne: Isolateing The New England Colonies

British General John Burgoyne received orders to isolate the New England colonies from the others. The British army began their campaign in the New England colonies during the summer of 1777. Burgoyne’s procedure to cut off the New England colonies involved his troops in Quebec traveling south to Albany, New York where he would meet Howe’s troops traveling north. While in route to Albany, Burgoyne captured American forts like Fort Ticonderoga. Meanwhile, General William Howe’s army traveled north from New York City to Albany.
Bennington, a town in southern Vermont near the New York Border housed an American depot. The depot became a British target because of its supplies and horses. Running low on supplies, General John Burgoyne sent over