Battle of Yorktown Map Activity

Directions: Use your textbook (p.135), and/or cell phone to answer the following questions and label the map on the back.

Questions:

1. Prior to setting up camp at Yorktown, Virginia, what colonies did British General Cornwallis enjoy major victories? __________________ ____________________

2. In August of 1781, Cornwallis set up camp at _____________________ between the ___________ and _______________ rivers.

3. The last major battle of the American Revolution was fought at _________________.4. As Cornwallis waited for the Royal navy to arrive, _________________ positioned his

troops to _________ an overland escape from the ___________________.5. After ____________________ moved the combined ________________________ force

south the _____________ fleet set up a ___________________ off the Virginia coast.6. Cornwallis’s attempt to escape was _____________ by an __________ twice the size of

his own. On October 19, _________ Cornwallis _______________ to Washington.

Map Tasks: Draw the following routes on the map using one color to demonstrate the position of Cornwallis’ troops, and another to demonstrate the position of Washington and Rochambeau’s troops.

a. Shade in the bars that represent Rochambeau’s French army.

b. Shade in the bars that represent Washington’s American army.

c. Shade in the positions of Cornwallis’s British army.

d. Color the French ships and draw arrows indicating their advance towards British positions.