Which statement offers the best description of the part that geography played in the Battle of Yorktown during the American Revo
lution? A. Because the British fortifications bordered the York River, it made it easy for the British troops to evacuate by naval vessel once they were surrounded.
B. Because the British fortifications bordered the York River, it made it easy for the American and French forces to surround Cornwallis' army and secure victory.
C. Geography played no significant role in the outcome of the Battle of Yorktown.
D. Because the British held the high ground on the battlefield, they could force the French armies to surrender.\
The Siege of Yorktown, also called the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Fight or the Siege of Little York, finishing on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a definitive triumph by a joined power of American Armed force troops headed by General George Washington and French Armed force troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over an English Armed force headed by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.
Kings and Princes in Northern Europe resented the power of the Catholic Church. In Western Europe, a major immediate effect of the Reformation was a. decline in religious unity and in the power of the Catholic Church.
The answer is D: totalitarian dictators rising to power. Each country listed above had a totalitarian head of state; Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini
