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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.
Hamilton’s 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.