a. an army led by Friedrich von Steuben.
b. a fleet of French warships.
c. a fleet of Spanish warships.
d. guerrilla fighters led by Francis Marion.
Washington or Lafayette
A fleet of French warships.
Yorktown
Yorktown
Because the British Fleet had been driven off from the Bay of Chesapeake by De Grasse's French Fleet at the Battle of Chesapeake Capes on September 5,1781, leaving Cornwallis's British Army completely blocked in Yorktown and Gloucester.
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In 1781 General Cornwallis was trapped and ultimately surrendered at Yorktown Virginia.
General Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown, Virginia.
General Washington, General Rochambeau, and Admiral de Grasse.
Yorktown
The key event that led to the Patriots' defeat of the British at Yorktown was the naval battle that preceded it. In the Battle of the Chesapeake, a French navy met, defeated, and drove off the English fleet that was attempting to cover and supply the British army on land at Yorktown. With the British now trapped in their positions without hope of being supplied, the victory at Yorktown was all but assured.
The key event that led to the Patriots' defeat of the British at Yorktown was the naval battle that preceded it. In the Battle of the Chesapeake, a French navy met, defeated, and drove off the English fleet that was attempting to cover and supply the British army on land at Yorktown. With the British now trapped in their positions without hope of being supplied, the victory at Yorktown was all but assured.
General Lord Cornwallis was the commander of the British Army at the Battle of Yorktown.