Why was the battle of Yorktown so important?

Answer 1

it was important because it gave freedom and independence to the americans.

Obviously, but there is more to it than that. It was the beginning of something crucial to what everything is now. Because of the events leading up to the battle at Yorktown, we managed to defeat our opposser and get our hands on what we've wanted this whole time; freedom and independence. But not only to the American's did the spoils go. Many people openly benefited from this exchange, such as the French.

Because they stuck with the Americans during the hardships of the battle at Trenton, and generously gave them the idea to cut down bridges and tree's in hopes to "corner" them, they got themselves respectable allies and made the turning point in the Revolutionary war possible.

During the Battle @ Yorktown, the patriots traveled over 200 miles in fifteen day's. They met General Cornwallis and the British troops in Virginia. Three sets of troops were used to close in on the redcoats. The British were confused, low on supplies, and many were sick. The Americans trapped Cornwallis on the peninsula, which meant they were cornered on three sides by water and another by angry Patriots, with no where to go. This also was mainly due to the French fleet that arrived six hours before the British fleet, blocking their only escape route at the time. Cornwallis surrender's, and, tada, the war is over. The U.S.A gained the Treaty of Paris, land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Florida. A part from this, the Redcoats were forced to leave.

Answer 2

In the Battle of Yorktown, 3 groups of troops: American General Washington's and French General Rochambeau's troops, French noble Lafayette's troops, and the French navy trapped British general Cornwallis along with his 8,000 troops in Yorktown. With no escape for the British, the American and French forces were able to bombard the British troops ruthlessly. When General Cornwallis realized there was no hope in the current situation, he surrendered himself as well as the 8,000 troops with him. With one of the leading commanders of the British forces in America captured, and 8,000 British soldiers taken prisoner, Great Britain decided that the war in America was too costly to pursue, and decided to withdraw.

Answer 3

Yorktown forced the British to the negotiating table. The war had drained the British treasury for years, and Cornwallis's surrender convinced many in Parliament that the war could not be won.

Answer 4

The reason why the Battle of Yorktown is so important is because Cornwallis surrendered and we won America. Then the colonists wrote The Treaty of Paris which meant that America was theirs.

Answer 5

It was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. The British troops surrendered about a month later.

Answer 6

There are a great many reasons why Yorktown was important. Yorktown was an information center and a big news center.

Answer 7

The Americans made General Cornwallis surrender, when he and his troops traveled north. This was devastating to Britain because Cornwallis was a fantastic General.

Answer 8

because they made a circle around them to surrende

Answer 9

it was the freedom for Americans