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During the Battle of Yorktown, VA, elements of the French Navy blockaded the British Navy in Chesapeake Bay. This led to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to George Washington essentially ending the Revolutionary Way/
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In late summer of 1781 Washington's troops trapped Cornwallis Army at?
Yorktown
What prevented Cornwallis's escape by land?
Continental Army
What prevented Cornwallis escape by land?
The Continental Army prevented Cornwallis' escape by land. As a result General Cornwallis and his men surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
What was the colony where Cornwallis was trapped?
Yorktown
Why did Cornwallis decide to take his troops and camp at Yorktown?
Cornwallis decided to take his troops north and camp at Yorktown because Cornwallis was quite tired of marching. Washington's army and himself were only hundreds of miles north. Washington thought of a plan to trap the British. His plan was to bring his army south to join Greene. So the American and French Soldiers could surround Yorktown by land. If the French navy sailed into Chesapeake Bay, French Ships could also trap the British. Finally the British Army was trapped.
Why did Cornwallis decide to take his troops to camp at Yorktown?
Cornwallis decided to take his troops north and camp at Yorktown because Cornwallis was quite tired of marching. Washington's army and himself were only hundreds of miles north. Washington thought of a plan to trap the British. His plan was to bring his army south to join Greene. So the American and French Soldiers could surround Yorktown by land. If the French navy sailed into Chesapeake Bay, French Ships could also trap the British. Finally the British Army was trapped.
How were Cornwallis and troops trapped at Yorktown?
they got lost
Why did Cornwallis allow his army to be trapped on the peninsula?
Washington and his French allies used deception that caused Cornwallis to believe they were going to attach New York and they would be safe in Virginia. His superior, General Clinton, ordered Cornwallis to defend a deepwater port, and Yorktown was selected. The French fleet, in much greater numbers than expected, drove off the British navy that was there to protect the army and provide them transportation and supplies. Blockaded on the peninsula, with no means of getting off, they were trapped and capitulated.
Who was the British general in the siege of Yorktown?
General Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown, Virginia.
Was Nathanael Greene involved in the Battle of Yorktown?
Yes, he was the one that Cornwallis chased until he (Cornwallis) fled to Yorktown where he was trapped.
What was the outcome of the battle of Yorktown?
Cornwallis Surrendered after the Continental army sided with the French and there was over 5,000 of them plus the Continental army.
Cornwallis was a lieutenant in what army?
british
