Question

Mention the importance of the victory of the Americans at Yorktown.

Answer 1

1. Washington attacked Yorktown, with a combined American and French troops.
2. Cornwallis, who took up a defensive position in Yorktown, was cut off from the sea by the French fleet.
3. On 19 October 1781 Cornwallis surrendered.
4. Peace of Paris was signed. Great Britain agreed to the independence of the United States.
5. The British forces departed from Yorktown in 1781.