1. Section 4: Victory at Yorktown

2. The Final Battle General Cornwallis Lead 7,500 troops to Yorktown
On a peninsula between James River and Chesapeake Bay
Could receive supplies from here
Army could safely rest
So he thought!

3. The Final Battle France complicates things for the British
French navy defeats British
Win control of the Atlantic coast
Generals argue over their next move

4. Battle at Yorktown August 29, 1781
French Admiral Francois de Grasse anchors 29 warships in Chesapeake Bay
Prevents British supplies from reaching Cornwallis
Kept Cornwallis from escaping by sea
French General Jean de Rochambeau and 7,900 troops met Washington and his army in Virginia
September 14, 1781
Anthony Wayne and Marquis de Lafayette also converge on Yorktown

5. Battle at Yorktown Continued
Armies and French Navy trap Cornwallis
Every escape route is blocked
British try to rescue Cornwallis but cannot fight through American and French lines
October 17, 1781
Cornwallis writes Washington a letter requesting a cease fire
October 19, 1781
British officially surrender

6. Surrender at Yorktown October 19, 1781
George Washington accepts Cornwallis’s sword
Gesture to surrender
General Charles O’Hara fills in for Cornwallis
Washington selects General Benjamin Lincoln to substitute him
Lincoln accepts O’Hara’s sword then orders British troops to stack weapons and return to Yorktown
7,000 troops turn weapons in
Band plays “The World Turn’d Upside Down”

7. The Road to Peace

8. The Treaty of Paris Signed September 3, 1783
Took two years to reach a compromise
John Jay, Ben Franklin, and John Adams meet with the British
Great Britain must acknowledge the colonists and remove troops from America
United States territory now includes land west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi River, from Canada to Florida
American agree to have state legislatures pay for lost Loyalist land
Many ignore the claims

9. Washington’s Farewell
December, 1783
Washington addresses his troops for a final time at Fraunces Tavern
Washington return home to Mt. Vernon, Virginia
However, many challenges ahead in building a country

10. EXTRA CREDIT #1. What was the nickname of Washington’s youngest General, Marquis de Lafayette? #2. What was the name of the document that officially brought the French into the American Revolution?