THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They sent a messenger to surrender for him
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Cornwallis was executed in front of everyone
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They sent a box of chocolates, and an apology card
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They marched down the road with the Americans on one side and the French on the other
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Detailed explanation-1: -With no hope for escape, Cornwallis agreed to the terms of Washington’s Articles of Capitulation, signing the document at Moore House on October 19. Hours after the surrender, the general’s defeated troops marched out of Yorktown to the tune “The World Turned Upside Down.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8, 000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The defeat at Yorktown caused a change in the British government. Prime Minister Lord North and the Tory party were ousted, and the Whigs, under Rockingham, assumed power. This new government opened negotiations with the American commissioners in Paris.
Detailed explanation-4: -Surrounded by enemy fire, and blocked from receiving aid by the French fleet that had arrived in Chesapeake Bay, Cornwallis was trapped.