Britain hoped to separate New England from the Middle colonies from Canada down the Hudson Bay. This was attempted by sending in forces under the command of Gen. John Burgoyne.
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British troops hoped to separate the New England states from the Middle states at the Hudson River Valley. Britain tried to gain control of the region in June of 1777.
The British.
New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
The middle colonies were good for farming because they had rich land for farming and numerous large rivers for transportation.
The Northern or New England colonies favored independence from Britain versus reconciliation. The middle colonies were in favor of reconciliation.
During the American War of Independence, the British planned to isolate and then re-occupy the New England colonies in a variety of ways. Most decisively, they invaded upstate New York in the middle of 1777, aiming to drive a wedge between the New England colonies and the rest of the "rebel" territory. Their campaign came to a halt with defeats in several battles around Saratoga, NY, in the autumn of 1777.