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toc =Research Sample I=

**Topic:** The Trap at Yorktown & Cornwallis’s Surrender

Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. History alive!: the United States through industrialism. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.
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Washington’s army was moved down south to Virginia and joined the large French army.
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“The trap was sprung...” and Washington’s army attacked on October 6th 1781. [Hart 97]

Cornwallis had expected that his navy would come and rescue his troops, but the navy did not come get him.

“Cornwallis clung to the hope that the British navy would come to his rescue” [Hart 97]

“When no ships arrived, he finally agreed to surrender” [Hart 97]

On October 19th the British and Cornwallis surrendered and left Yorktown.

“American and French troops formed two long lines that stretched... to Yorktown” [Hart 97]

They made a long line that the British troops slowly and sadly walked down. They also gave up all of their weapons to the American and French. “ The crowd watched as 8,000 British troops left Yorktown to lay down their arms.” [Hart 97]

Cornwallis claimed to be sick the day of the troops marching out, but in reality he wasn't able to face the ‘embarrassment’ of loosing to such a small and less powerful army.

For Americans, this was a glorious day that they never forgot.

"Battle of Yorktown." Kidport Home Page. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. <[]>.
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“On September 5, 1771, the French fleet attacked the British navy in Chesapeake Bay.”
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Cornwallis was hoping for his navy to rescue him, but the French defeated his navy.

“After defeating the British Navy, French...began bombarding the forts with Cornwallis and his troops.”

The British army was trapped in between the French navy and the American army.

“By mid-October, Cornwallis was running out of food and ammunition.”

“Although this was only one quarter of the British troops in America, the surrender has a devastating affect on the British government.”

The British army suddenly were worried that they may lose the entire war!

“They were now motivated to negotiate the end of the war, and the Treaty of Paris"

=Research Sample II=

Hart, Diane, and Bert Bower. //History alive!: The United States through industrialism//. Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.
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 * Topic:** American Strengths and Weaknesses

“…..some could shoot well enough from behind a tree. But when facing a mass of well-disciplined redcoats, they were likely to turn and run” (88).
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“Guns and gunpowder were so scarce that Benjamin Franklin suggested arming the troops with bows and arrows” (88).

The patriotism of the people in America helped a lot. Without them, the war would have been lost. The French also secretly aided them due to their old hatred of the English (88).

**Topic:** British Strengths and Weaknesses

“With a professional army of 50,000 troops, British forces greatly outnumbered the Continental Army” (89).

The distance between England and America made sending supplies slow and costly, and was also difficult for planning” (89).

**Topic:** Winter at Valley Forge

“We had nothing to eat for 2 or 3 days previous” (94).

Many farmers sold their goods to the British because they paid them in gold. (94).

Marquis de Lafayette used his own money to buy the troops warm clothing and help raise their spirits. (95).

**Topic:** The War Ends

“In early 1783, representatives of the United Sates and Britain signed a peace treaty in Paris” (100). The treaty stated that Britain recognized the US as an independent country and that they owned all land between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic Coast. (100)

**Source:** Fortescue, John. “The Battle of Monmouth 1788”. BritishBattles.com. Viewed November 16, 2010. []

“10000 British troops against 11000 Americans” (Fortescue).
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The Americans dressed as best they could coming off the winter at Valley Forge. (Fortescue)

The British had 300 casualties and the Americans had 350 casualties. At least a 100 people were thought to have died from heatstroke. (Fortescue)

“Molly Pitcher, the wife of an officer, is thought to of taken over the cannon during the battle” (Fortescue).

**Source:** Anon. “American Revolution”. Wikipedia. Viewed November 16, 2010. []

**Topic:** Example and Inspiration “The example of the first successful revolution against a European empire, and the first successful establishment of a republican form of a democratically formed government, provided a model for other colonial people who realized they too could break away and become independent nations” (American Revolution).

“The revolution had a strong, immediate impact in Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and France”(American Revolution).

“The spirit of the Declaration of Independence got rid of all slavery in the Northern States, long before the British act in 1833 abolishing all slavery in its colonies”. (American Revolution).