Blockade
American and French troops and ships surrounded Yorktown in 1781. British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19th, bringing an end to the American Revolution.
The French navy set up a blockade. they kept the troops from reaching Yorktown, so the American and French armies could continue the siege they had started.
The Marquis de Lafayette led troops in the land campaign, and the Comte de Grasse commanded the French fleet of 24 ships.
The ships carried more than 5,000 soldiers under the command of the French griever.
The French navy set up a blockade. they kept the troops from reaching Yorktown, so the American and French armies could continue the siege they had started.
France played a key role in the war. They provided America with money and weapons, and they also sent troops and ships that were a desicive element at the Battle of Yorktown. The Yorktown Battle ended the war.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships
The French were especially helpful at the end of the Revolutionary War. They supplied troops and ships that cut of the British escape from Yorktown, VA essentially ending the war.
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.
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.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
If you talking about the battle of Yorktown, george Washington and his troops lauds siege over Yorktown on land and the French ships blocked the way from sea, so the british were trapped in Yorktown and weren't aware of this and had ton surrender because they weren't prepared.