Yorktown the Key to winning the Revolutionary War

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Yorktown the Key to winning the Revolutionary War

• Was it fate or divine providence that allowed the
  Americans to win at Yorktown or brilliant
  military strategy?

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General Washington gives off confidence in this
portrait of him.
Washington listened to others and made good
decisions.
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General Washington took his army south from New
York to Yorktown.
General Washington fooled British
General Clinton by making him think he was still
at New York.
General Rochambeau talked to Washington
about leaving New York and going to Yorktown.
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Washington and the French met to plan the battle
of Yorktown.
Washington received aid from Lafayette and French
General Rochambeau.
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The French Fleet surround the British at Yorktown!
The French Fleet outnumbered and defeated the
British Fleet in Chesapeake Bay.
Admiral De Grasse and the French Fleet came just
in time.
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British General Cornwallis is surrounded and must
surrender at Yorktown!
Cornwallis was surrounded on all sides by the
Americans and French.
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Yorktown was a battle of cannons on both sides.
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Canons could shoot exploding canon balls or bits
of metal at forces close range.
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Americans received special canons from France
which devastated the British at Yorktown.
These particular canons were not used again that
we know of. Maybe lost at sea.
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Canons delivered different shot at the battles of
the revolution.
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Actual Canon used at Yorktown
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It took many soldiers to fire a canon
effectively.
Here it took five volunteers to fire the cannon.
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Trenches were dug by both sides to prepare for
battle at Yorktown.
General Cornwallis moved his troops to the inner
defenses and allowed the American and French to
get closer without fighting.
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The American Soldier had come a long way since
the beginning of the Revolution.
The Americans proved they were able and
courageous soldiers by the end of the war.
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Taking redoubt 9 10 were crucial in defeating
the British.
Alexander Hamilton took one of the redoubts with
unloaded weapons to surprise the British.
Hamiltons men fought hand to hand at the above
redoubt.
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British surrender to Americans and French.
General Washington had General Clinton take the
surrender sword. Clinton had been humiliated
by the British before.
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British General Cornwallis is forced to
surrendered to General Washington at Yorktown!
General Cornwallis did not attend the surrender
ceremony.
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This monument commemorates the Battle of Yorktown.
The Battle of Yorktown brought an end to the
British attempt to defeat the Americans.