What was one factor that caused the british to surrender at yorktown? british soldiers were suffering from disease and refused to fight. george washington's soldiers outnumbered the british soldiers two to one. british troops received a false message from the king that the war was over. french and american forces joined together to block the british from getting supplies

A factor that caused the British to surrender at Yorktown was that French and American forces joined together to block the British from getting supplies.

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The Siege of Yorktown in 1781 was one of the decisive battles of the American War of Independence. In it, American forces were joined by French land and sea reinforcements that arrived to help the Americans against the English, tightening the blockade, forcing Cornwallis to surrender, as British troops were facing the blockade with no supplies, thus getting into a shortage that would eventually cause their defeat. As a result of this battle, the British government was forced to accept and recognize the negotiations with America.

the captain of a steam ship naturally chooses the shortest route to his destination. since a sailing ship is usually pushed by winds and currents, its captain must find a route where the wind will probably blow in the right direction. tacking, i.e. using contrary wind to pull (sic) the sails, was always possible but wasted time because of the zigzagging required, and this would significantly delay long voyages. the early european explorers were not only looking for new lands. they also had to discover the pattern of winds and currents that would carry them where they wanted to go. during the age of sail winds and currents determined trade routes and therefore influenced european imperialism and modern political geography. for an outline to the main wind systems see global wind patterns.

pilotage or cabotage, in one sense, is the art of sailing along the coast using known landmarks. navigation, in one sense, is the art of sailing long distances out of sight of land.[1] although the polynesians were able to sail the pacific (with great difficulty) and people regularly sailed north and south across the mediterranean, before the time of columbus nearly all sailing was coastal pilotage

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