America declared its independence in 1776, but it took another five years to win freedom from the British. That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia.
General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York. The British ships never arrived. That was lucky for General George Washington and the Continental army. The thirteen colonies found their opportunity to beat the world's largest empire.
Illuminated manuscripts
This is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials, borders and miniature illustrations. Adding decoration made it easier to teach the illiterate given that they could easily infer meaning from illustrations as opposed to text
Spanish colonizers introduced new staple crops to asia from the americas. including maize and sweet potatoes, contributing to asia's population growth
A meeting to discuss the inefficiency of the articles of confederation which was their constitution of the time.
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They thought the british were friendly whereas the Americans when first settling tried to invade and steal crops from the Native Americans
