Although an Ameican attempt to conquer Canada in 1776 had failed, it forced the British to divert to Canada troops that might have been better used in New York and New Jersey. In 1777 General John Burgoyne planned a great three pronged attack that would divide the colonies along the line of Lake Champlain and the hudson Valley.According to the plan, while General Howe moved up the Hudson River from New york City, Burgoyne`s army would move south from Montreal. A force under British officer Barry St. Leger would invade by way of Lake Ontarion and the Mohawk River. The three armies would meet near Albany.

2.Explain in detail the British plan to cut the colonies in half.

The American Revolution was a civil war as well as a war against Great Britian. Loyalists, sometimes called Tories, refused to...