Question

How did the British surrender at Yorktown affect King George III’s ideas about keeping the colonies?

( use The A.C.E method)

Answer 1

The Siege of Yorktown, October 17, 1781 , as painted in 1836. Found in the Collection of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Château de Versailles.

Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.