Question

His plan of attack, or (7) . He kept this plan a (8) in order to surprise the enemy. Washington and Rochambeau marched out of the state of (9) south toward Virginia. Lafayette and Wayne had British General (10) trapped there in the city of (11) . The British leader could not escape because the city was on a (12) , a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water. His escape by ocean was stopped by the second French fleet, which was stationed in (13) . The British were trapped. The Americans and French began blocking the movement of people and goods, which is known as a (14) . Soon after, they began an attack on Yorktown. Cornwallis could see his position was hopeless, and soon (15) .

a. (7) Strategic maneuvers
b. (8) Secretive
c. (9) North
d. (10) Cornwallis
e. (11) Yorktown
f. (12) Peninsula
g. (13) Chesapeake Bay
h. (14) Siege
i. (15) Surrendered

Answer 1

Washington's strategic maneuvers led to the secretive siege of Yorktown, where Cornwallis was trapped on a peninsula and eventually surrendered after a blockade by the French fleet in Chesapeake Bay.

Step-by-step explanation:

General George Washington's plan of attack was strategic and secretive. He, along with French forces led by the Marquis de Lafayette and the Comte de Rochambeau, moved out of the North and marched south toward Virginia. The allied forces laid siege to British General Cornwallis's army, which was trapped in Yorktown, located on a peninsula.

Thanks to Admiral de Grasse's French fleet blocking any escape via Chesapeake Bay, Cornwallis's situation became dire. The resulting siege led to Cornwallis surrendering, sealing a decisive victory for the American and French forces and effectively ending the American Revolution.