Siege of Yorktown

most of their land Yorktown and the Final Curtain A. 1780- 1781 1. One of the darkest periods of the war 2. Inflation of the currency continued at full gallop 3. The government was virtually bankrupt and declared it would repay many of its debts at a rate of 2.5 cents on the dollars 4. Despair prevailed, sense of unity withered, mutinous sentiments infected army B. General Cornwallis 1. British general was awaiting seaborne supplies and reinforcements at Yorktown 2. Admiral de…

were given to the British. During this phase, the British control within the colonies were weak, calling for aggressiveness before the British Army gained reinforcement. Washington saw the opportunity and attacked the British. This paid off in the Siege of Boston, proving Washington’s aggressive tactics worked. The second phase started once the Declaration of Independence was drafted. This established that the war had to defend their independence, requiring caution from the army. General…

in October 1781 and was known as the Battle of Yorktown. The Patriots had been depressed because General Benedict Arnold had betrayed them and become a traitor. In the end, the Patriots had a great win after strategizing with French General Comte de Rochambeau to dwindle the British forces. If the British Government had continued to coward to the colonists, the Patriots would not have been so persistent, and would likely have lost the war. The Yorktown surrender officially ended the fighting on…

A hurricane may seem like the end of the world for a community. It can completely destroy a person’s life. However, the hurricane that struck St. Croix in August of 1772 did the opposite for Alexander Hamilton: a hopeless orphan. The intelligent, young boy wrote an excellent paper describing the hurricane in detail. Hamilton was immediately recognized for his natural talent (Groom 12). This natural disaster was not so disastrous for Alexander, as this was the turning point in his early life.…