Properties (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historical event
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
Treaty of Paris 1783
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| gptkbp:celebrates |
gptkb:Yorktown_Battlefield
gptkb:Yorktown_Victory_Center Annual reenactments National_Park_Service_site |
| gptkbp:duration |
September 28, 1781 to October 19, 1781
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| gptkbp:historicalImpact |
Boosted_American_morale
Influenced_French_support_for_the_American_cause Led_to_the_end_of_British_colonial_rule_in_America |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Siege of Yorktown
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| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:British_Army gptkb:French_Army gptkb:Continental_Army |
| gptkbp:keyFigures |
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:Cornwallis Count de Grasse |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
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| gptkbp:militaryRank |
Siege warfare
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| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Surrender_of_Cornwallis
French_naval_blockade Evacuation_of_British_troops American_and_French_siege_lines Bombardment_of_British_positions |
| gptkbp:outcome |
British_surrender
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Ticonderoga
gptkb:Battle_of_Trenton gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Monmouth Battle of Saratoga Battle of Long Island Battle of Princeton Battle of Eutaw Springs Battle of Guilford Courthouse Battle of King's Mountain Battle of Quebec Battle of Cowpens Battle of Chesapeake Battle of Yorktown (1642) |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
End_of_major_military_operations_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War
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| gptkbp:significance |
Decisive_victory_for_the_American_forces
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| gptkbp:strategicGoals |
Control_of_the_Chesapeake_Bay
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| gptkbp:takesPlaceIn |
1781
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