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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to stop the battle
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because they felt like it
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because he thought the British was hopeless to win the war
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because they were bored
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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: -These three documents-a map, a manuscript, and a print-tell the story of the surrender of British commander Charles Cornwallis to American General George Washington. In October 1781, the successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia, by General Washington in effect ended major fighting in the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 19, General Cornwallis surrendered 7, 087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and 30 transport ships. Pleading illness, he did not attend the surrender ceremony, but his second-in-command, General Charles O’Hara, carried Cornwallis’ sword to the American and French commanders.