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V**ictory at Yorktown**

The Battle of Yorktown was the famous battle that ended the American Revolution. British General Charles Cornwallis was being steadily forced South, so he stops and captures the nearby Yorktown. General George Washington and his new French allies pursue. ( the French still had a score to settle with Britian from the The French and Indian War) The French blockade the harbor, cutting off all renforcements and supplies.The French also bring thousands of soldiers and heavy seige cannons. Three days before the battle, Washington's engineers and diggers build earthworks and dig places for the seige cannons. Then, on October 9, the cannons open fire.

For six days, the seige cannons pounded British fortifications day and night.At first,

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