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 last battle, major one too, was at Yorktown, 1781 A combination of American & French troops surrounded the forces of British general Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced the British surrender. Yorktown was a peninsula and the French fleet prevented Cornwallis to escape, as the British fleet from New York was too late for a rescue operation.
The battle that ended the revolutionary war that started in 1775 because the colonists wanted to be free from England and King George III taxation and the war they won in 1783 was at the battle of Yorktown, Va. And the treaty of Paris wasn't signed until two years later.
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.
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they were surrounded by the french
Blockade
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 Americans and French troops bombarded Yorktown with cannon fire,turning its building to rubble.
American and French troops bombarded Yorktown, turning the buildings to rubble.
The British cold not retreat from Yorktown because the French fleet blocked the harbor and the American and French troops, surrounded the town.
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 troops were unnumbered for the British so the British general surrendered
Because threre were to many troops. Like the Americans and the French.
Peter Mohawk Angelino Garcia french commander
Peter Mohawk Angelino Garcia french commander
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis.