THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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Patriots forced Cornwallis & British to surrender
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Patriots surrendered to redcoats due to running out of supplies
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patriots struggle to survive harsh winter in Yorktown
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patriots defeat redcoats which led to the French joining on the side of the Patriots
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Detailed explanation-1: -Surrounded and under siege, with his planned escape route blocked by French ships, Cornwallis was forced to surrender his army of 8, 000 British troops on October 17.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -British forces were cut off from their supply lines, and-running out of ammunition, suffering high casualties-Cornwallis attempted to evacuate his troops. The evacuation was thwarted by stormy weather, however. On October 17, Cornwallis was forced to seek a truce and cease-fire to negotiate his army’s surrender.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cornwallis had his men construct a main line of defense around Yorktown that consisted of ten small enclosed forts (called redoubts), batteries with artillery and connecting trenches.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Americans and French marched to Yorktown on September 28 and began digging a trench 800 yards from the British defense line. Washington’s strategy was to dig trenches through which he could move his heavy guns close enough to Yorktown to pound Cornwallis into surrender.