https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7 The last battle in the Revolution en-us 2017-09-05 17:19:03 UTC 2025-10-21 11:07:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 1227987 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184850204 The battle of Yorktown took place on September 28, 1781. It is one of the most significant battles in the revolution. Because it was the last battle to take place in the War. ]]> 2017-09-05 17:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184850204 1227987 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184855044 George Washington, also Marquis de Lafayette]]> 2017-09-05 17:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184855044 1227987 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184855769 General Cornwallis, also General Charles O’Hara

]]> 2017-09-05 17:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184855769 1227987 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184858013 the effectiveness of the leadership in that battle was one was that George Washington split his troops up.

]]> 2017-09-05 17:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184858013 1227987 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184859910 General CornwallisBack himself into a wall of water where he was met by the French Navy.

]]> 2017-09-05 17:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184859910 1227987 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184864635 https://www.nps.gov/york/learn/historyculture/history-of-the-siege.htm

http://www.historyisfun.org/yorktown-victory-center/militia-in-the-revolutionary-war/

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins]]> 2017-09-05 17:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184864635 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184873303 The Americans had 7,000 French and Continental troops. They traveled by ships and wagons and had 19 warships. Also took advantage of their number of troops and bombarded General Cornwallis. ]]> 2017-09-05 18:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184873303 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184874227 The British had twenty-four French warships and 9,000 British troops. Both used very similar use of weapons such as rifles, Siege Guns, grape shots, mortars, Howitzers, Smooth Lead Ballbut but the American army had many more troops.]]> 2017-09-05 18:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184874227 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184875449 The French had an effective source of strategy. The French joined allies with the Americans which made them stronger and increased the number of troops. Washington had his men build big army camps and huge brick bread ovens visible from New York to give the appearance of preparations for a stay. After a five-day bombardment, the American and French forces attacked Cornwallis's fortified position which lead to the surrender of the British. ]]> 2017-09-05 18:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184875449 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184875601 British had an ineffective strategy. General Cornwallis picked a poor location, because he was mainly surrounded by water. He left four artillery cannons behind and when the colonist came they surrounded General Cornwallis against a wall and he had no other option of escape than to surrender because the French navy surrounded him on the water. ]]> 2017-09-05 18:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184875601 https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184876088 The Yorktown battle was the last major battle in the American Revolution, which resulted to defeat in the British army and the end of the war.]]> 2017-09-05 18:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1227987/u16ok075thc7/wish/184876088