What was on the minds of the British and the french in the battle of saratoga.

A stupendous American victory in October 1777, the success at Saratoga gave France the confidence in the American cause to enter the war as an American ally. Later American successes owed a great deal to French aid in the form of financial and military assistance.

The British goal in the Battle of Saratoga was to control Upstate New York in order to isolate New England from the Southern colonies.