By: Hamdi Ali 8B 3-17-2015
Vocabulary Words
o Capitulation: The act of Surrender.
o Alliance: An agreement between two
nations or people to work together.
o Militias: Group of citizens who were
organized to fight but were not professional
soldiers.
Vocabulary Continued 1
o Reinforcements: Additional troops that
increase strength.
o Continental Congress: Delegates from 13
colonies that issued Declaration of
Independence and framed Articles of
Confederation.
Vocabulary Continued 2
o Blockading: A military preventing goods
from entering and leaving a region.
How did the world turn upside
down?
o Cornwallis didn’t attend the ceremony,
instead he sent a substitute.(
Eyewitness to history)
o General O’Hara.( Eyewitness to
history)
What was the “Dangerous Move”?
o Congress declaring independence.(
Ann)
o If revolution failed, Britain would
execute many who took part in it.(
Ann)
How did France come to the
Rescue?
o They helped Washington fight
Britain.( Ann)
o France saved many colonist.( Ann)
Why did the war turn South?
o Neither side could get a clear
advantage over the other.( Ann)
o British decided to focus on Southern
Colonies.( Ann)
Why is Cornwallis on the run?
o He fought George Washington’s
forces.( Ann)
o Retreated into North Carolina.( Ann)
Who set up the trap and why?
o George Washington set up the trap.(
Ann)
o To capture Charles Cornwallis.( Ann)
What was Yorktown Under Siege?
o Battle of Yorktown.( Ann)
o France and George Washington
cooperate to siege Yorktown.( Ann)
What’s the “Glorious Event”?
o British officer waving a handkerchief
to Washington.
o Which meant that the British
surrender.
What was the Continental
Congress?
o Issued Declaration of Independence.(
Ann)
o Framed Articles of Confederation.(
Ann)
What was the Treaty of Paris?
o Ended Revolutionary War.( History)
o Recognized American Independence.(
History)
Who used the York River and why?
o Charles Cornwallis and his troops.(
Ann)
o Tried to escape to Gloucester.( Ann)
What did Cornwallis and George
Washington have to do with each
other?
o Were enemies and both leaders.(
Ann)
o Cornwallis fought for Britain.( Ann)
o George Washington fought for the
United States.( Ann)
Video
o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O
8Xs4T1bREg
o Citation: Rswarts.” C Lord Cornwallis
Surrender to George Washington”.
www.youtube.com. Youtube. Sep 28, 2011.
March 17, 2015.
Citations
o “ The British Surrender at Yorktown, 1781”.
Eyewitness to history.
www.eyewitnesshistory.com. 2002.
o Heinriches, Ann.” The Surrender of
Cornwallis”. Minneapolis: Compass Point
Books, 2007.
o History.” Treaty of Paris”. www.history.com.
History. 2015.March 9, 2015.
Picture Citations
o History.
http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/02/treaty-ofparis-H.jpeg. March 16, 2015.
o The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. http://media3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/21/143621-0046AA30747.jpg. November 26, 2014. March 17, 2015.
o https://encryptedtbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_OMta2v6c
WgcRJyy-w4aCuZXIgQDsbbFez-Mzb0lueOFv-7Ry1A.
o March 16, 2015.