Winning the war in the south?

Question

i need help on some question...

1. why did the south become the main battleground of the war in 1778?

2. why was cornwallis forced to surrender at Yorktown?

3. Describe the major points of "treaty of Paris".

plx help me...(thax)

Answer 1

1.& 2. The South did not become the main battleground - the American Revolution was a series of battles over the course of 6 years all over the 13 colonies and even into what is now Canada. In 1781, Washington was planning to attack New York. Lafayette in Virginia sent word that Cornwallis and the British troops had taken a vulnerable defensive position at Yorktown, on the peninsula. Washington and his army marched down to Virginia, laid seige, and the British were trapped when the French fleet cut off their escape. Eventually, Cornwallis surrendered. The British government finally came to concensus that the attempt to keep the 13 colonies was a losing proposition and in 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed.

Here is a description of the surrender:

"The morning following the battle a formal surrender ceremony took place. Cornwallis refused to attend out of pure embarrassment, claiming illness. Although absent at the surrender ceremony, he observed to George Washington, “This is a great victory for you, but your brightest laurels will be writ upon the banks of the Delaware.” According to legend, the British forces marched to the fife tune of "The World Turned Upside Down," though no real evidence of this exists. Cornwallis' deputy at first attempted to surrender to the French General Rochambeau, but a Rochambeau's aide-de-camp, Dumas, is reputed to have said, "Vous vous trompez le général en chef de notre armée est à la droite" ("you mislead yourself, the general-in-chief of our army is to the right"), then took him to Washington. The lieutenant then attempted to surrender to Washington, who refused because it was not Cornwallis himself, and indicated that the subordinate should surrender to General Benjamin Lincoln, field commander of the American forces. Cornwallis' lieutenant ceremonially offered his sword to Lincoln, which was accepted. All other British troops were required to surrender and trample their firearms in the custom of the time."


3. Here are the main points of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 [there are many Treaties of Paris, so make sure you include "of 1783" when referring to this one:

Recognizing the 13 colonies (Delaware is not specifically mentioned but was likely included in Pennsylvania, of which it was technically part before the war) as free and sovereign States [Article 1];
Establishing the boundaries between the United States and British North America [Article 2]; (for an account of two strange anomalies resulting from this part of the Treaty, based on inaccuracies in the Mitchell Map, see Northwest Angle and the Republic of Indian Stream)
Granting fishing rights to United States fishermen in the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence [Article 3];
Recognizing the lawful contracted debts to be paid to creditors on either side [Article 4];
United States Congress will "earnestly recommend" to state legislatures to recognize the rightful owners of all confiscated lands "provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated belonging to real British subjects [Loyalists]". [never implemented, Article 5];
United States will prevent future confiscations of the property of Loyalists [Article 6];
Prisoners of war on both sides are to be released and all property left by British army in the United States unmolested (including "Negroes") [Article 7];
Great Britain and the United States were each to be given perpetual access to the Mississippi River [Article 8];
Territories captured by Americans subsequent to treaty will be returned without compensation [Article 9];
Ratification of the treaty was to occur within six months from the signing by the contracting parties [Article 10]

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You are asking too much. Read the book, and all of those answers will be readily apparent to you. Good luck!!

Chow!!