The+War+is+Won

=//__Victory at Yorktown__//= // July 1780-French warships with 5000 soldiers off the coast of Rhode Island at Newport. Unfortunately they were trapped by British ships that followed. Washington was in New York City waiting for more French ships. He would be there for a year waiting. Washington knew patience would be needed to make the correct decisions at this point in the war. //

Change in Plans: (giffster)

=//__**Seige at Yorktown**__//= =** CORNWALLI'S DEFEAT **= == Nadege: Why did they surrender? ==A French band played " Yankee Doodle." The British supplies began to run low. Many British soilders were either wounded serveierly or sick to the near point of death. On October19th, Corwalli's surrendered. Patriots won the battle of Yorktown!!!! A french band then played "Yankee Doodle." The French were in fancy white uniforms in there celebration of winning this battle. On the otherhand the British sang a sad and mournful song called,"The World Upside Down."== =__//**Independence**//__=
 * // Sept 1781 Admiral De Grasse and French Navy nearing Yorktown to join Washington and Rochambeau in Yorktown for siege 14000 Americans and French trapped Cornwallis’s troops //**
 * // Oct 9, 1781 and De Grasse kept him from fleeing by sea //**
 * // If it were not for the French, the battle at Yorktown could have ended differently //**

** Even though the British still occupied cities, the loss convinced the British that the war was too costly to pursue **
== ** Although there were still a few minor battles, the war was basically over. Terms of Treat of Paris: Brits withdraw troops, the territory for the new nation extended from the Atlantic to Mississippi River, r **** ight to fish off coast of Canada, British merchants can collect debt from Americans, and property was to be returned to loyalists. The terms were generous for the british and American. Would they each keep their end of the deal? ** ==

Newburgh Conspiracy:Giffster
=// ** __Washington's Farewell__- at Fraunces's tavern George Washington formally retired from public life and thanked his soldiers. He gave a sad speech " with a heart full of gratitutde I now take my leave of you..." Not a dry eye in the house. ** //= =// ** Although he did not know at the time, he would be in for a short retirement. ** //=