What key event took place after the Patriots’ victory in the Battle of Saratoga?
A. The Spanish invaded Great Britain.
B. The Patriot army under Benedict Arnold fell apart.
C. The French army joined with the colonies to fight the British.
D. The British took control of the whole Hudson River valley.

britain's king george iii, however, refused to receive the petition, which, written we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may the fundamental grounds upon which americans were taking up arms had shifted. that king george refused to so much as receive the

c. it required that townships set aside land for public schools.

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