The key strategy of John Burgoyne's plan to defeat the Americans was to

a. sever New England from the rest of the American colonies.
b. use the British Navy to bombard American ports.
c. wage a guerrilla war.
d. conduct a massive invasion of New York from Canada.


ANSWER: a

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