Benjamin Franklin and the French

When news of saratoga arrived in december 17 77, word of burgoyne's defeat stunned the french government. And along with reports of the failed but professionally ambitious effort by washington at germantown and led the french to quickly start talking formal alliance. By june 17 78, france and britain were officially at war. So that covers the french reaction to saratoga. But what about the british? As i said, the french were really concerned that burgoyne’s defeat meant that the britishes would soon be throwing in the towel. And indeed, saratoga did pretty fundamentally rock the boke back in london and