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THE BATTLES IN 1781

Introductory Clip I'm going to tell you about the Revolutionary War Battles in 1781.

The Battle at the Cowpens on January 17th 1781 in South Carolina an took place on the border line of North Carolina. The Americans had 1,000 soilders but the British had 1,100 which was a little advantage but the Americans still won. Colonel Daniel Morgan was the colonel for the Americans. The colonel for Cowpens was Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarlenton. W[|ar]

THE BATTLE OF GUIFORD COURT HOUSE The battle of Gulford Court House was a battle fought on March 15,1781 inside the city of Greenboro, what they call the present-day, North Carolina USA, during the American Revolutionary War had 1,900 British troops, under General Nathaneal Greene,they were out numbered by 4,400. Despite the relatively small numbers of troops involved, British appered to have successfully reconquered Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong loyalist factions, and thought that North Carolina might be within their grasp.

The battle of Yorktown in 1781 General George Washington's resounding defeat of lord Cornwallis's British army:causing the British to surrender and effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.The Americans and French walked out of Williamsburg and arrived before Yorktown on the 28th of September 1781 forming a big circle around the entrenchments and putting the British under seige. Cornwallis expecting Major General Cinton to sail from New York with a relieving force had decided to remain in Yorktown rather than March south to the Carolinas or attempt to reach New York. Cornwallis after many trys finally surrendered and got defeated when he got trapped.He got trapped because General Greene led Cornwallis into George Washington while he was chasing him.

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 * Date:28th September to 19th October 1781
 * Place:Virginia,UnitedStates of America
 * Combats:Americans and French against the British
 * War:American Revolutionary War
 * Battle:Yorktown
 * Size of the armies:8,800 Americans, 7,800 French and 6,000 British
 * The Battle of Yorktown was a siege.

By July 1781 Cornwallis was in Yorktown which in August he began to fortify. American and French forces marched to confront him, General Washington was marching south from New York.The French fleet gathered off the York River. The British fleet under admiral graves had sailed further south.

By:Jamil Chestnut

8th Grade ​