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- The Battle of Yorktown
- Who was involved?
- George Washington leads French and American forces to Lord Charles Cornwallis
- Surrounded the British
- The people involved in the Battle of Yorktown were George Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, and Comte de Grasse were for the colonists. And Lord Charles Cornwallis for the British.
- The Outcome of the Event
- George Washington commanded a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia.
- Why was it important?
- I surrender!!!!
- George Washington coordinated his land and sea forces. Working with the French General, Washington was able to surround the British.
- The outcome of the battle was that the British surrendered and lost the battle and war. On October 19, 1781, the British surrendered. The Britsh army was destroyed, and the American Revolutionary War was finally over.
- Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington as French and American forces trapped the British at Yorktown. The Battle of Yorktown ended the American Revolutionary War. America got its independence from Britain
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