The British military campaigns of 1777 saw
A. General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga.
B. the British retake Boston and set it afire.
C. a major American victory at Philadelphia.
D. General William Howe stay in camp when he was supposed to have moved south.
E. the British surround and lay siege to George Washington's army at Valley Forge.
Answer: A
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