BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
BY:KRISTINA CROSBY
NIGHT OF BATTLE
Meaning battle as darkness,quiet and sneaking around the town with fear of death.Ready to kill many colonist and many other humans that are causing any problems.This is about fierce and deadly fights recalling for many days, weeks, months and even years just for freedom of any kind.
The Battle Of CowPens
- This war is a very long lasting event lasting 6 years strong killing over thousands of people.Called the battle of cowpens. Going through stops during fights then keeps going starting September 28 ending october 19 1781.Germany surrounded at Yorktown on the ending of the war october 19 so the british won.
CORNWALLIS
- On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close.Previously, Cornwallis had driven General George Washington’s Patriot forces out of New Jersey in 1776, and led his Redcoats in victory over General Horatio Gates and the Patriots at Camden, South Carolina, in 1780.
Surrendered Of CornWallis
- Finally,CornWallis has given up knowing he would come down one day to lose.The British were happy and having freedom.So many days and weeks coming down on the soldiers time to rest.Many are dead left behind.People injured.British have a way of saying they won getting everybody around to see CornWallis gave up 'FREEDOM AT LAST' many solders say.Giving up many of CornWallis people were upset and mad because they were not ready to give up they wanted to win but CornWallis says we had to their was no way we could have won.