The British Army in North America conducted two campaigns in 1777. John Burgoyne led one army south from Canada to seize control of the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor resulting in the battle of Saratoga. Burgoyne’s defeat led to that army’s capture. Rather than assist Burgoyne’s campaign, William Howe led his army from New York City on the Philadelphia campaign. Although Howe captured Philadelphia, the events of 1777 led to the French Alliance and ultimately American victory in American Revolution. This fully illustrated account of the Philadelphia campaign puts the battles into context and explains the importance of the campaign to the outcome of the war.

Step back in time to the birth of the United States and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free in this Spanish entry in the WHO HQ series! Retroceda en el tiempo al nacimiento de Estados Unidos en esta obra en espanol de la serie WHO HQ, y conozca a los rebeldes de la vida real que hicieron libre a este pais. On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation - The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War. En un caluroso dia de verano de 1776, cerca de Filadelfia, Thomas Jefferson se sento en su escritorio y escribio intensamente hasta la manana siguiente. Estaba redactando la Declaracion de Independencia, un documento que romperia los lazos de este pais con Gran Bretana y anunciaria una nueva nacion: los Estados Unidos de America. Los colonos estaban dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas por la libertad, y la Declaracion de Independencia lo hizo oficial. Descubra la verdadera historia de uno de los documentos mas radicales y edificantes de la historia y siga la accion que impulso la Guerra de la Independencia.