THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE TREATY OF PARIS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cornwallis was being harassed by the Patriots (Continental Army)
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Cornwallis wanted to keep in contact with the British Navy
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Both of these
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neither of these are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cornwallis had not received permission to abandon the Carolinas from his superior, Henry Clinton, but he believed that Virginia would be easier to capture, feeling that it would approve of an invading British army.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cornwallis was in Yorktown because he had been ordered by Clinton during the summer to provide a protected harbor for the British fleet in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Cornwallis chose Yorktown because of its deep-water harbor on the York River.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Clinton captured Charleston, Cornwallis marched through South Carolina and North Carolina in an attempt to to kill American soldiers, to destroy more rebel supplies, and to stimulate loyalists to seize control of southern colonies.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8, 000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.