Battle+of+Yorktown

By Bobby
 * Battle of Yorktown **

The battle or Yorktown started because the colonists did not like being taxed for everything they use such as sugar, glass, newspaper, tea, playing cards, and even for being a colony. They thought that King George III was abusing them and they were getting furious. The British in the colonies were mostly loyalists, they were people who did not want independence from Brittan but the Patriots believe that they had the right to govern themselves, select their own leaders, write their own laws, and determine their own taxes.

On the night of December 16, 1773 a group of men from Boston, Massachusetts staged a protest against regulations that favored the English tea merchants. Two years later the revolutionary war begins on April 19, 1775. British won many battles through the revolution but the colonist won strategically important victories.

During the year 1776 the declaration of the independence was being approved by Thomas Jefferson. During the month of May George Washington met with his French allies at their camp in Rhode Island. After the battle of Yorktown ended King George the III had to give the colonist their independence. When the 13 colonies heard that King George had given them their independence to become a free nation and to have the right to vote for their own government they were very happy.