General Cornwallis' defeat at Yorktown, 1781

Question 1

1. __,000 _____ and ________ troops marched into Yorktown and laid _____ on the British for _ weeks.
2. What did victories NOT mean for the British?
3. How many men did Cornwallis have to fight the Southern campaign?

Answer 1

1. 16,000 French and American, seige, 3.
2. That the Southern population was held and loyal.
3. 4,000.

Question 2

1. What did the defeat at Yorktown bear the hallmarks of?

2. When did the British surrender in Yorktown?

Answer 2

1. The problems that the British were unable to overcome in America.
2. 19th October 1781.