John+Burgoyne

 =John Burgoyne = By: Curtis Saunders and Sara Joachimstaler​ John Burgoyne was born in Bedfordshire, England and educated at Westminster School. At the age of fifteen he joined the British army as a low ranking official. He fought in the Seven Years war and got a victory in Portugal. He was involved in a strong social and political life. He was shipped to America for the Battle of Bunker Hill, but returned because he thought of himself as to low and wanted more authority. He later returned to Canada as second in command, but was still not happy with his authority level and returned to England. He then returned to Canada as first in command of an army of 5,000 men. There with a plan for a secret invasion called Divide and Conquer, is where he changed the course of the American Revolutionary War.   Burgoyne and his army of 5,000 marched towards Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga, where his army found victory. After his second victory he waited for reinforcements, but they never came. He then made the decision to go ahead with the plan. The plan then failed and he surrendered his 5,000 men. He returned to England while his army marched into captivity. He retired from the army due to harsh criticism. John Burgoyne’s failure to execute the plan changed the lives of the Continental Army giving them more supplies to live off of and allowed them to possibly win the coming battles.

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