Surrender at Yorktown

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:AmericanTroops gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:artilleryBombardment October 9, 1781
gptkbp:BritishForcesSurrendered over 7,000 soldiers
gptkbp:BritishTroops gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:category gptkb:Battles_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
1781 in Virginia
Sieges involving the United States
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:France
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Annual_Yorktown_Day
gptkb:Yorktown_Victory_Monument
gptkbp:date October 19, 1781
gptkbp:followedBy Treaty negotiations in Paris
gptkbp:fortification gptkb:Redoubts_9_and_10
gptkbp:FrenchNavalBlockade gptkb:Admiral_de_Grasse
gptkbp:FrenchTroops gptkb:Expédition_Particulière
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Surrender at Yorktown
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:American_independence_movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkb:Benjamin_Lincoln
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Hamilton_(musical)
Turn: Washington's Spies (TV series)
gptkbp:result Decisive American and French victory
gptkbp:siegeBegan September 28, 1781
gptkbp:siegeEnded October 19, 1781
gptkbp:significance Effectively ended major fighting in the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:stormedBy American and French forces
gptkbp:surrenderDocumentSignedBy gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis_(represented_by_Charles_O'Hara)
gptkbp:symbolizes Marked the collapse of British war effort in America
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4