Yorktown: Victory in America
8th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can describe the key events and significance of the Siege of Yorktown.
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Lord Cornwallis set up base in Yorktown, Virginia, hoping to stay in contact with the British naval fleet.
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Washington combined his army with 4,000 French troops under Comte de Rochambeau, while the French navy seized control of the Chesapeake Bay.
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On October 19th, 8,000 British troops surrendered, and the British band played a song called The World Turned Upside Down.
