Well, depends on what battle this question is talking of.
I'm going to assume you're talking about the famed "Battle of Saratoga" and specifically the "Battle of Bemis Heights".
That specific battle cost that dude 600 soldiers.
If you're talking about "Freeman's Farm" then that cost him around 600 guys as well.
The country that refused was France
More Americans were able to buy homes after the WWII because of the purchasing power of the American Dollar. In order for the country to experience a drastic economic change, it had to change its policies about taxes, cost of living, and personal wages of its people. So during that time period, people had a lot of money and decided to change their old ways of living in the city and moving into the suburbs to buy a lot and build their own houses there. They found that life was more peaceful and quaint as compared to the city life that's why there was a boom in suburban life after the WW.
The battle of Waterloo, and he was defeated on July 7th