Battle Of Yorktown Research Paper

Over the course of the fight for American independence, many battles were fought. Of the many battles fought, The Siege of Yorktown was a rather important one. Due to the major participants, applicable strategies used in this battle, the victory served to make a significant difference in the overall outcome of the American Revolution. There were three major participants at The Battle of Yorktown: Americans, British, and French. The American General was George Washington, the British General was Lord Cornwallis, and the French General was Comte de Rochambeau. The French aided the American Continental Army in the American Revolution. The combined forces of the American Continental Army and French Army troops against a British Army is what allowed the Patriots to defeat them. The French had an enormous part in the success of this battle. Without the aid of the French, the Americans may not have succeeded in forcing General Cornwallis to surrender.
The British Army had their back to the sea and were in a town that wasn’t heavily fortified. The American strategy was basic siege strategy in which trenches are dug parallel to the target, which is generally a fortress, and as a trench is dug troops and canon can move closer to the fortress. As the Americans began to build the second trench the French overran one redoubt and the Americans the other. Once the second trench was built all parts of Yorktown were in easy range of canon. The British did try to retake the redoubts but were unsuccessful. Failing at that, and receiving no sea support, due to the French surrounding them, Cornwallis had no choice but to