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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Battle_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Sieges_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
1781 in Virginia
Conflicts in 1781
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:France
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Admiral_de_Grasse
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
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gptkbp:endDate
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October 19, 1781
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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1781 Siege of Yorktown
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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British surrender at Yorktown
French naval blockade
Joint Franco-American siege operations
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gptkbp:numberOfTroops
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British: ~8,000
Franco-American: ~17,000
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Chesapeake
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gptkbp:result
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Decisive Franco-American victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Led to British negotiations to end the war
Last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War
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gptkbp:startDate
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September 28, 1781
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gptkbp:surrenderedTo
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gptkb:British_Army_under_Cornwallis
October 19, 1781
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia,_USA
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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