How the Farmers of Saratoga 1777 Humbled the Greatest Army on Earth

In the autumn of 1777, a British army—drilled, professional, and backed by the wealth of an empire—marched into the American backcountry expecting to crush the rebellion in a single blow. Instead, it was surrounded and brought to its knees by farmers, hunters, and militiamen who left their crops in the fields to fight. This is the story of the Battle of Saratoga: John Stark's stand at Bennington, Daniel Morgan's deadly riflemen, the single shot that felled General Simon Fraser, and the surrender that convinced France to enter the war and changed the course of history. Chapters, sources, and more below. If you love history where ordinary people do the impossible, subscribe for more. #Saratoga #RevolutionaryWar #AmericanHistory #Burgoyne #History