summer of 1781 british general charles cornwallis set up headquarters in yorktown, va choose this...
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Summer of 1781British General
Charles Cornwallis Set up headquarters
in Yorktown, VAChoose this site
because it was on the Chesapeake BayEasy to supply troops
BUT it was not easy to defend
Yorktown , VirginiaOn the Chesapeake
BayBoth the French and
the Americans encircled Yorktown
The French navy took control of the bay
The Cornwallis and his men were trappedBy mid-October they were running out of food and
ammunitionConsidered the last major battle of the war
On October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered
It was a siege that lasted 3 weeks
This is the house in which Cornwallis surrendered
Cornwallis’s second in command tries to give Cornwallis’s sword to the French general
BUT the French tell him to give it to Washington
Washington tells the British officer to give it to Washington’s second in command
What do you think about this?
After the war, Washington stops by a meeting of Congress He retires as the leader of the army Congress thanks him for his service
April 1782
Both the British and the Americans meet to negotiate a peace treaty
John Jay, Ben Franklin and John Adams represent America
What the Americans wantedBritain to accept
America as an independent country
Wanted ALL British troops to leave American lands
The British agreed
The treaty was signed on September 2, 1783The treaty named the United States of
America as a new country
From Georgia to the Great Lakes From the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
Slide 1 The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004670530/
Slice 4 Surrender of Cornwallis at York-Town http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b50926/
Slide 5 House of Cornwallis’s surrender http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008679623/
Slide 10 map g3300 ar004000 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ar004000
Slide 6 George Washington http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002698184/