Question

What role did the French play in helping lead to the British defeat at Yorktown? Question 4 options: They surprised the British fleet and then lured them away toward the Caribbean so they could not help during the battle. They transported the whole Continental army to Yorktown to fight Besides additional soldiers and supplies, the French fleet destroyed part of the British fleet and drove away the rest of the British ships trapping the British at Yorktown They had all of the fortifications built before the Continental army arrived to fight

Answer 1

Answer:

The French fleet destroyed part of the British fleet and drove away the rest of the British ships trapping the British at Yorktown

Explanation:

Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.  It was important because the British government began to consider a peace treaty during the battle and later surrendered.

American  General Nathanael Greene used new tactics and it caused the British soldiers to retreat in the south. The British retreated to Yorktown under General Charles Charles Cornwallis while General George Washington marched from the north. The French navy also defeated the British Navy and it started to move towards Yorktown.

French and Americans armies outnumbered the British soldiers and surrounded the British Army at Yorktown.They bombarded Yorktown for eleven days. The British General Cornwallis signed the surrender document on October 19, 1781 and it was called Articles of Capitulation.

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