YorkTown

Revolutionary War. The combined forces of George Washington,

Admiral de Grasse, General Rochambeau, and

General Lafayette were enough to converge on the largest

concentration of British forces, overtake them and force a surrender.

With planning, skill, and courage, the army was able to defeat the

Generals Rochambeau and Washington met in 1781 to determine the next move. Washington was firmly for going to New York and attacking the British there, but due to the pleading and persuasiveness of Rochambeau it was decided that they would attack the South, where there was one of the largest concentrations of British troops in North America. A message from Lafayette arrived to General Washington stating that Cornwallis had taken up a defensive position at Yorktown, in Virginia. Cornwallis was stationed next to the York River, a

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Approximate Word count = 618
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)