THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Trapped himself in a peninsula
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Did not send enough soldiers into battle
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Forgot to utilize the navy
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He went to capture Philadelphia
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Detailed explanation-1: -So, in 1781, without waiting for orders, he marched north into Virginia. In August Cornwallis set up his base at Yorktown, located on a pen-insula in Chesapeake Bay. From there, his army could receive supplies by ship from New York. It was a fatal mistake.
Detailed explanation-2: -Defeat in the Battle of Yorktown Surrounded and under siege, with his planned escape route blocked by French ships, Cornwallis was forced to surrender his army of 8, 000 British troops on October 17.
Detailed explanation-3: -The year 1781 found a large squadron of British troops led by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Cornwallis hoped to keep his men in the Chesapeake town until fresh supplies and reinforcements could arrive from Britain. The French and the Americans conspired to capture the British before that could happen.