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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Virginia_Continentals
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gptkbp:aftermath
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gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
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gptkbp:conflict
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British surrender
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Inspiration for American patriotism
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gptkbp:date
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September 28, 1781
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gptkbp:defeated
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October 19, 1781
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gptkbp:duration
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About three weeks
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gptkbp:fought_in
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United States and Great Britain
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gptkbp:has_ability
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Approximately 8,000 British troops
Approximately 17,000 American and French troops
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Final major battle of the American Revolutionary War
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:George_Clinton
gptkb:Lord_Germain
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:George_Wythe
gptkb:John_A._Sullivan
gptkb:Joseph_Warren
gptkb:Francis_Lewis
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:Comte_de_Grasse
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:Daniel_Morgan
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:Francis_Marion
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:John_C._Calhoun
gptkb:John_Paul_Jones
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Lyman_Hall
gptkb:William_Livingston
gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Paul_Revere
gptkb:Ethan_Allen
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:Benjamin_Lincoln
gptkb:William_Prescott
gptkb:Charles_Carroll
gptkb:Daniel_D._Tompkins
gptkb:William_Howe
gptkb:Richard_Montgomery
gptkb:Nathanael_Greene
gptkb:Philip_Schuyler
gptkb:William_Ellery
gptkb:Baron_von_Steuben
Charles O' Hara
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Marked the end of British attempts to regain control over the colonies
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of the Siege of Yorktown
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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French support in the war
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gptkbp:involved_forces
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gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Continental_Army
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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gptkb:Yorktown_Day
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkb:George_Washington
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gptkbp:legacy
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Symbol of American independence
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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gptkb:military_siege
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gptkbp:notable_event
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Surrender of British forces
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gptkbp:notable_ships
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gptkb:French_Navy
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:result
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American victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Decisive victory leading to the end of the American Revolutionary War
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Control of the Chesapeake Bay
End of major military operations in the war
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gptkbp:tactics
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Land siege
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