WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Saratoga provided the French with the confidence to sign treaties of alliance and trade with the Americans and join the war against the British. The new allies agreed they would continue the war until the colonies were independent, and neither would make a separate peace with Britain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Burgoyne returned to England in the spring of 1778. He is severely criticized for his actions at Saratoga and receives no future commands in the British Army. Impressed by the Patriots’ resistance to Britain, France signs a formal Treaty of Alliance with the Americans and the balance of the war tips in their favor.

Detailed explanation-3: -France Allied with American Colonies. France aided the colonists by providing military armaments and loans. France’s support deepened after the Americans beat the British in the October 1777 Battle of Saratoga, proving themselves committed to independence and worthy of a formal alliance.

Detailed explanation-4: -The American victory in the Battles of Saratoga helped persuade the French to recognize American independence and to openly provide military assistance. It also increased Gates’s popularity-so much so that he was being considered to replace George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1776, the Continental Congress sent diplomats Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee to secure a formal alliance with France. American victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga convinced the French that the Americans were committed to independence and worthy partners to a formal alliance.