BATTLE OF YORKTOWN 1781

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BATTLE OF YORKTOWN

1781

• KENZEE

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Why we were fighting

• The 13 colonies had grown tired of the demands
  and unfair practices of King George III and
  Parliament
• We wanted freedom from
• Quartering British soldiers
• Taxation without representation
• We wanted freedom to
• Have jury trials
• Trade with other countries
• Make our own laws for our colonies

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Where was the Battle of Yorktown?

• The battle was in Yorktown, Virginia, located
  on the Chesapeake Bay

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Map of the Battle of Yorktown

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Who were we fighting?

• This was who we were fighting, the redcoats

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• This was our leader, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
  he lead us through the fight

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THE FRENCH ARE COMING, THE FRENCH ARE COMING!!

• They are coming to attack the British
• They were our allies helping us fight the British

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Who was the French leader?

• Lieutenant General Rochambeau

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Who was the British Leader?

• General Charles Cornwallis

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Cornwallis was a loyal soldier

• But he opposed nearly all of the British policies
  that led to the American Revolution.

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Why did Cornwallis choose Yorktown?

• Cornwallis set up at Yorktown where it was
  easy for British ships to land supplies

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Battle Strategy

• Washingtons troops surrounded the British on
  land and the French ships blocked their escape in
  the Chesapeake Bay

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• American troops storming the redoubt
• A redoubt is a protective place of refuge or
  defense

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The British Surrender

• Cornwallis claimed he was too sick to attend
  the surrender ceremony

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Importance of Yorktown

• The Battle of Yorktown did not end the war,
  but it was the last battle in the colonies and
  was the beginning of the end

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• The signing of the Treaty of Paris on
  September 3, 1783, officially ended the American
  Revolution