THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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20, 000
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15, 000
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18, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over the course of the Revolution, France provided an estimated 12, 000 soldiers and 32, 000 sailors to the American war effort.
Detailed explanation-2: -Franco-American prospects improved dramatically in 1780, when, nearly 6, 000 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island under the command of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over the course of the war, about 231, 000 men served in the Continental Army, though never more than 48, 000 at any one time, and never more than 13, 000 at any one place. The sum of the Colonial militias numbered upwards of 145, 000 men.
Detailed explanation-4: -Size of the armies at the Battle of Yorktown: 8, 800 American troops, 7, 800 French troops and 6, 000 British and German troops.