Campaign Year of 1777 Plattsburgh City School District1777普拉茨堡市学区运动年.ppt

Campaign Year of 1777 “The Year of the Hangman” The Champlain Valley Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne (B) invades the Champlain Valley His army includes Redcoats, Tory Rangers, Hessians and Native Americans Burgoyne captures Ft. Ticonderoga Philip Skene Philip Skene (B) convinces Burgoyne to go overland from Lake Champlain to the Hudson Valley Phillip Schuyler General Philip Schuyler (A) uses slow down tactics and a scorched earth policy to hurt Burgoyne Takes more than two weeks to get to Hudson Valley Murder of Jane McCrea Battle of Bennington Burgoyne sends his Hessians to get horses and supplies at Bennington. Seth Warner (A) and John Stark (A) defeat the Hessians at the Battle of Bennington (A) Battles of Saratoga Gen. John Burgoyne vs. Gen Horatio Gates Battles of Freeman’s Farm (A) Battles of Saratoga Battle of Bemis Heights (A) Daniel Morgan’s Riflemen Benedict Arnold’s leg Daniel Morgan’s Riflemen Statue to Benedict Arnold at Saratoga Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga – “Turning Point of the War” Col. Barry St.Leger lays siege to Ft. Stanwix St. Leger’s army includes Redcoats, Tory Rangers and Iroquois Iroquois Confederacy Iroquois Confederacy split over who to support during the Revolution Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga and Mohawk side with the British Oneida and Tuscarora side with the Americans Ft. Stanwix Peter Gansvoort (A) and Marius Willett (A) command Ft. Stanwix Battle of Oriskany Nicholas Herkimer Battle of Oriskany (B) – Gen. Nicholas Herkimer (A) ambushed trying to relieve the siege – first battle that the Iroquois were involved in Benedict Arnold (A) relieves the siege of Ft. Stanwix Hudson Valley Sir William Howe (B) claims he never got his orders and goes to Philadelphia Sir Henry Clinton (B) moves a British army up the Hudson Sir Henry Clinton Breaks through a chain the Americans have across the river at West Point Burns Kingston, the rebel capital, when he hears that Burgoyne surrendered What happened to Sir William Howe? Howe decides to take Philadelphia