Yorktown

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historic town settlement town

Yorktown is a historic American town best known as the site of the decisive 1781 Revolutionary War battle that effectively ended British rule in the Thirteen Colonies.

Aliases (4)

Yorktown, Virginia ×14
Yorktown Battlefield ×2
Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebrations ×1
Yorktown, Virginia (1781) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic town → settlement → town →
associatedWith	Jamestown → Williamsburg →
battleDate	1781 → September 28 – October 19, 1781 →
category	American Revolutionary War sites → Populated places on the York River (Virginia) →
combatant	British Army → Continental Army → French Army →
commandedBy	Charles Cornwallis → Comte de Rochambeau → George Washington →
country	United States →
foundedBy	Virginia colonial government →
foundedIn	1691 → 17th century →
governedBy	York County government →
hasAttraction	Historic Yorktown waterfront → Yorktown Battlefield → Yorktown Victory Monument →
hasCommemoration	annual Yorktown Day observances →
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District →
historicalSignificance	effectively ended major military operations in the American Revolutionary War → paved way for Treaty of Paris (1783) →
knownFor	Siege of Yorktown → decisive 1781 Revolutionary War battle → site of British surrender in American Revolutionary War →
locatedIn	Hampton Roads region → Virginia → York County, Virginia →
locatedNear	Chesapeake Bay →
locatedOn	York River →
namedAfter	York, England →
nearbyMilitaryInstallation	Naval Weapons Station Yorktown →
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park → Historic Triangle of Virginia →
preservedBy	U.S. National Park Service →
resultOfBattle	decisive American and French victory → surrender of British army under Cornwallis →
servedAs	county seat of York County, Virginia → port town →
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War → Siege of Yorktown (1781) →
tourismType	heritage tourism →
transportation	Colonial Parkway →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siege of Yorktown ("Yorktown, Virginia") → Storming of Redoubt 9 ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	location
Continental Artillery →	associatedWith
Siege of Yorktown ("Yorktown Battlefield") →	commemoratedBy
Virginia Peninsula ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	contains
British Army under Cornwallis ("Yorktown, Virginia (1781)") →	garrisonOrBase
Yorktown ("Yorktown Battlefield") →	hasAttraction
Tidewater region ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	hasCity
Virginia →	hasHistoricSite
Colony and Dominion of Virginia →	hasPart
Peninsula Campaign ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	keyCity
Yorktown Victory Monument ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	locatedIn
Fort Eustis, Virginia ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	locatedNear
Lafayette’s division ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	locationDuringYorktown
Hamilton’s light infantry battalion ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	locationOfActivity
Yorktown, New York ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	namedAfter
USS Yorktown (CV-5) ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	namesake
Williamsburg ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	near
British Army under Cornwallis ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	placeOfDefeat
Coast Guard Officer Candidate School ("Yorktown, Virginia") →	previousLocation
Hamilton →	settingPlace
Yorktown Victory Monument ("Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebrations") →	significantEvent
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis →	surrenderedAt