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  Battle of Yorktown

Click on the link that is provided below to be taken to the website that will help you find the needed information to answer the questions below! You will need your own paper in which to record your answers - if you need some paper there is some on the teachers desk. @http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yorktown.htm

1. How did General Washington become convinced into attacking the British at Yorktown?

2. What was the battle in which Admiral de Grasse defeated the British ships?

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3. Describe the British act of surrender at Yorktown?

4. Why didn't the British escape by sea?

5. What song did the British Play as the British surrendered?

6. What Happened at Yorktown? Write at least 5 sentences explaining the battle from the website page you have read.

7. Describe the eye witness account of the way the British surrendered?

8. What British General was in command at Yorktown and was he the officer who surrendered?