Gentleman Johnny and the Isolation of New England
Today in 1777, John Burgoyne proposed the British isolate New England as a tactic in the Revolutionary War.
This raised a lot of questions for me, like 1. What? 2. John Burgoyne? Who? and 3. Isolate New England?? Of course, as a proud Nutmeg Statin' Connecticut Yankee, I had to investigate. Nobody isolates New England! Unless we isolate ourselves by choice! So, let's investigate:
The Plan: 8,000 British troops came down from Canada, planning to move south thr...
This raised a lot of questions for me, like 1. What? 2. John Burgoyne? Who? and 3. Isolate New England?? Of course, as a proud Nutmeg Statin' Connecticut Yankee, I had to investigate. Nobody isolates New England! Unless we isolate ourselves by choice! So, let's investigate:
The Plan: 8,000 British troops came down from Canada, planning to move south thr...
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