USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -American victory. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night, from artillery, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the War for Independence. Pleading illness, Cornwallis did not attend the formal surrender ceremony, held on October 19.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Hamilton led the assault on strategic Redoubt Number Ten, located on the left flank of the British defensive line, and captured the defensive bastion-an accomplishment that ensured the defeat and surrender of Cornwallis’s army that won the American Revolution and changed the course of world history.