Battle of Bennington, (August 16, 1777), in the American Revolution, victory by American militiamen defending colonial military stores in Bennington, Vermont, against a British raiding party. ... The American force grew to 1,100 men the next day when Stark arrived with reinforcements in a heavy rain.
Giving up on the rebellious New England colonies, they decided to split the Thirteen Colonies and isolate New England from what the British believed to be the more loyal southern colonies. The British command devised a grand plan to divide the colonies via a three-way pincer movement.
During the French and Indian War- also known as the Seven Years War- some Native American tribes fought with the French, while some fought with the British.
