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Battle of Yorktown
American Victory
Warm Up Question
• Why were the French and Americans able to work so well together?
• What turned the tide in the favor of the Americans?
• In your opinion, why did the Americans win this war.
Yorktown: Oct 6-19, 1781
• General Cornwallis moved his army to the North Carolina Coast– His army was battered and worn down– Ordered to stay here and protect the Carolinas
• Marched his army to Virginia; settled in at Yorktown– Took command away from Benedict Arnold
• Washington was planning to attack NYC– British knew, and did not send reinforcements to
Cornwallis
• Cornwallis ordered to bring all his men to NYC– Disobeyed orders, again, and stayed fortifying
Yorktown
General Cornwallis
Cornwallis’s Route
Yorktown cont…
• Washington sent Marquis de Lafayette to Virginia in 1781
• Lafayette saw Cornwallis’s troops moving to Yorktown– Sent news back to Washington
• Washington abandoned plans to attack NYC and marched South to Virginia– 2,500 continental soldiers
– 4,000 French soldiers under the command of French General Rochambeau
General Rochambeau
Marquis de Lafayette
Franco-American Army
Yorktown cont…
• British realized the Americans were not going to NYC– Sent their fleet to the Chesapeake Bay– French fleet also sent there
• Naval battle between French and British occurred– French drove off the British– 3,000 French naval men joined Washington’s army
• The Americans/French attacked with a combined force of 16,000 troops
• Cornwallis was outnumbered, outgunned, and running out of food
• Asked for a truce on Oct. 17th--DENIED!!!!• Oct. 19th, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered to Washington• Last major battle of the Revolutionary War
Cornwallis Surrenders
Map of the Battle
Naval and Army Movement
Aftermath
• Some fighting continued, but it was minor• British prime minister, Lord Frederick North,
heard about the loss at Yorktown– “It is all over!”– Resigned after the surrender
• Britain’s new leaders began to negotiate a peace treaty
French Gravesite at Yorktown
Treaty of Paris: September 3, 1783• Formally ended the Revolutionary War• The Americans were represented by:
– Benjamin Franklin– John Adams – John Jay
• What did the Americans get?– Formal recognition as an independent country by Britain– Established U.S. boundaries– Specified fishing rights– War debts paid by the citizens of each country– Restored the rights and properties of Loyalists– Opened up the Mississippi River to citizens
– Evacuation of all British Soldiers
Treaty of Paris
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
John Jay
Land Divided
Treaty Document