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What was one key battle of the American Revolution? Why was it important?

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The Revolutionary War started when a few colonists fired their muskets against the British Empire, then the world’s military superpower. It ended—against all reasonable expectations— with an independent American and the ideas of liberty and self-governance spreading across the globe. All that happened because the rebels won the major battles. This podcast dives deep into each of them.

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Answer: Battle of Saratoga

A 1777 British defeat that was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War. The defeat convinced the French to ally themselves with the United States and enter the war against Britain

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