What did the europeans believe after the battle of saratoga

The Saratoga Battles marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign and gave the Americans a decisive victory over the UK in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne marched the Champlain Valley with a massive attacking army to the south, expecting to battle the same British invasion marching from New York City to the north, however with the lake Ontario marching east, the North and the West never came and the Burgoyne Upper New York and U.S. troops surrounded. He fought two minor fights that took place on the same ground, 18 days apart, 9 miles south of Saratoga , New York. The two were ineffective.

the old way of life was represented by superstition, an angry god, and absolute submission to authority. the thinkers of the age of reason ushered in a new way of thinking. this new way championed the accomplishments of humankind. individuals did not have to accept despair. science and reason could bring happiness and progress. kings did not rule by divine right. they had an obligation to their subjects. europeans pondered the implications for nearly a century. americans put them into practice first.