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Mike Cabibbo

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The Battle Of Yorktown

After The Battle

  • After the battle King George III wished to send more troops to fight but he did not have the support of the Parliament or the English people.

  • The Treaty Of Paris was signed after the battle giving the Americans their independence from the British.
  • Washington tricked the British into thinking that he was going to be in New York and then quietly moved his troops into Virginia

  • The English were starting to get bothered with the expense of the war.

  • Lafayette was secretly following Cornwallis and gathering reinforcements throughout the summer.

  • The French war ships were working to stop the British from reaching Yorktown.

  • General Cornwallis had moved his army into Yorktown. From here he planed to attack the American supply and communication lines.

The Situation Leading Up To The Battle

How did the world's most powerful military lose this battle?

During The Battle

Where and When

  • The Battle of Yorktown was fought in Yorktown, Virginia

  • The battle occurred on the 28th of September and lasted until the 19th of October, 1781.

  • The Americans and French fought against the British.
  • General Washington commanded the Americans.

  • Lieutenant General de Rochambeau commanded the French

  • General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British.

  • Washington met the British in Yorktown.

  • The Americans and French fired cannons non stop at the British to prevent them from repairing any damages that had occurred.

  • Cornwallis started to sink his own ships to keep them from getting captured when he realized the British would not win.

  • General Cornwallis tried to escape but failed.

  • The final battle of the Revolutionary War lasted approximately three weeks.

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