Unit 4: Battle of Yorktown

Who was the British commander at Yorktown?

• General Horatio Gates
• General Lafayette
• General George Washington
• General Lord Charles Cornwallis

All of the following are conditions of the Treaty of Paris EXCEPT: 

• British would continue to make laws for the United States.
• British recognized the U.S. as an independent country.
• Britain had to give the Americans the land from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River.
• The U.S. had to return all property that had been taken during the war to the Loyalists.

Which country helped the Americans trap Cornwallis on the Yorktown Peninsula, blocking their escape route?

• Britain
• Italy
• France
• Spain

Which of the following describes how people felt after the war ended?

• The people were tired of the war, but the King did not want to accept defeat.
• Both the British people and the King were tired of the war.
• The British people wanted to fight until they won.
• Both the British people and the King wanted to take control of America.

In what chronological order did the battles occur?

• Valley Forge, French & Indian War, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of York Town
• Lexington & Concord, Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, French & Indian War, Lexington & Concord
• Yorktown, French & Indian War, Saratoga, Valley Forge