Battle+Of+Yorktown

Yorktown  By: Hayden British general Charles Cornwallis had retreated to Yorktown after a gruesome attack by the Americans and set up a fort there. however, the American and french troops were ready for battle. Yorktown was about five hundred miles away from where the continental army was! the American army got to Yorktown safely. The french could easily surround the British because Yorktown was near the bay. The french and American army fired guns and cannons at the British. the American army demanded to see the British general Charles Cornwallis but he sent out a different general. his last name was O'Hara and he said that general Cornwallis was sick. the continental army forced the British general to surrender. but Yorktown was not the end of the battle. the treaty of Paris was. it said that Britain would recognize America as an independent nation and gave France back there land and gave America back all the captured land and a large amount of other land. America was and independent nation 