THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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surrender
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run away
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sail away
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end the Tea tax
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Franco-American siege exhausted the British army’s supplies of food and ammunition. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Outnumbered and outfought during a three-week siege in which they sustained great losses, British troops surrendered to the Continental Army and their French allies. This last major land battle of the American Revolution led to negotiations for peace with the British and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Yorktown, the British Army didn’t have the manpower to conduct a major ground campaign in the colonies. The British were left with three enclaves New York, Savannah, Charleston. In the south, General Greene continued his drive to confined the British Army to the two southern ports.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.