Question

The Battle of Yorktown is significant in the American Revolution because
A) it was there that the "shot heard ‘round the world" was fired.
B) it marked the only time Washington was ever defeated in battle.
C) the British victory there succeeded in dividing George Washington's Colonial Army into two parts.
D) the British Army surrendered after being surrounded there, marking the end of fighting in the war.

Answer 1

the British victory there succeeded in dividing georgewashingtons colonial army into two parts