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 began to think they may lose the war
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They realized that the cost of fighting the war was not worth keeping control of the colonies
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The British Prime Minister resigned from office
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They began to think that peace was a better alternative
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the Battle at Yorktown and Cornwallis’s surrender-and the British down one-third of its force-the British Parliament, in March 1782, passed a resolution calling for the nation to end the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-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.