Yorktown was on the water on one side, so the British army could not escape the large American/French army that was bombarding them. Rather than let his soldiers die, their commander, Cornwallis, elect to surrender. Cornwallis had pleaded for help from General Clinton's ships up in New York, but Clinton would not hurry for anybody, and so the ships made it to Yorktown a couple of days after Cornwallis had surrendered.
Because it helped gain independance.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
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The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
Samual Adams
No, because Cornwallis and his troop of 8,000 men surrended to General George Washington's army on october 16,1778
at Yorktown Cornwallis surrendered
because they were soldiers that has a victory in yorktown
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
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french soldiers
France
The Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
After their victory at Yorktown.
Yorktown.
Yorktown
Samual Adams