The American Revolution

6.4 The War is Won

Battle Plans1. British General

Clinton is based in New York 3. Cornwallis is

camped at Yorktown2. Washington is

camped north of New York City; plans to attack Clinton when French troops arrive

4. French forces are headed towards Yorktown

Battle Plans

6. Washington secretly changes the plan; attack Cornwallis at Yorktown

5. Anthony Wayne – commanding troops in the western territories

Yorktown Battle Strategy

Three groups would meet at Yorktown:

1. Wayne’s western troops

2. Washington’s and Rochambeau’s main American-French army

3. Admiral de Grasse’s French fleet

Victory at Yorktown• Americans and French attack

• Cornwallis surrenders

• Substitutes surrender

• French band played “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

• British band played “The World Turned Upside Down”

• YORKTOWN ended the war

Write a song to any well known tune as a group

• Must have details about Yorktown battle

• Must have results of Yorktown battle

• Group evaluation: Worth 25 individual points which evaluated by your peers.

Treaty of Paris• Victory at Yorktown did not

end the fighting immediately but convinced King George III that the war was too costly• Delegates from both sides met in Paris to

agree on American independence; Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay

• Treaty of Paris was signed September 3, 1783

Treaty of Paris • America was recognized as an independent

nation; Britain withdrew troops• New nation – from the east coast to the

Mississippi River; from Canada to Spanish Florida

• Americans will pay debts to British merchants

• Property taken from Loyalists “SHOULD” be returned

Washington’s Farewell

• With the war truly over, Washington formally resigned

• A sad occasion

• He returned home to

Mount Vernon

Why Did America Win?• British could hold the cities, but

they could not control the countryside

• British citizens and merchants started demanding peace

• Allies – most especially France• George Washington