George Washington's Failure

General George Washington’s Army has defeated the British Army, and has let the American Colonies live to see a free future! This great journey has finally come to an end, but it did not come without any bumps in the road. The Patriot’s most shocking betrayal happened because of Benedict Arnold, the traitor. He was once a great American Patriot, but he is now on Britain’s side. However, that did not stop Washington’s Army to continue marching forward. After the American victories at the Battles of Oriskany and Saratoga, France signed the Treaty of Alliance. After the British heard that France was coming over to help fight, they moved down south, where there are a lot of loyalists. This is why the Patriots were sadly defeated at Savannah, Charleston,

He planned to trick General Clinton, who was staying in New York, into thinking that Washington’s army was going to attack him. So, Washington let some fake strategy plans float into General Clinton’s hands, letting him worry about a fake battle. While Clinton prepared for the “battle,” Washington and his army snuck away and began marching to Yorktown, Virginia, which lays on the Chesapeake Bay. As the army marched down south, Comte de Rochambeau instructed Francois de Grasse, the French Navy Commander, to keep the British Navy from rescuing the vulnerable soldiers in Yorktown. With the French soldier’s help, we kept the soldiers in Yorktown trapped. The British Navy fleet was defeated, and Washington’s army was marching towards Yorktown, so Cornwallis could do nothing but

His orders were to dig a trench that was a half mile long in the moonlight. The soldiers worked fast, and vigorously to get the job done. By dawn, there were 13 artillery units and 18,000 soldiers ready to fight in the trench. The siege of Yorktown had begun, and the courageous Patriots were ready to fight. Our men fired round after round, bombarding the British with 1,700 rounds of artillery each day! Every day, our men got closer to victory. Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s trusted aide, led an attack against British redoubt #10. Accompanying him was Colonel John Lourens, who took 80 men to the back of the redoubt to begin the assault there. Alexander Hamilton took the remaining 320 men to begin the assault on the front side. These brave men were able to overpower and defeat the British soldiers at redoubt #10. Another French Commander led a French Army unit to redoubt #9, a tougher redoubt to overthrow. However, these men fought intense musket fire and were able to take over redoubt #9. As a result of our men taking over both redoubts, the British General, Cornwallis had few options