Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources Reading Comprehension Worksheets American Revolution

The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781 American Revolution

---

The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781
Print The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781 Reading Comprehension with Sixth Grade Work

Print The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781 Reading Comprehension


Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 6 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.82

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		untrained, negotiation, forged, rebellion, leadership, semi-circle, victorious, commander, possibility, smallpox, criticism, defeat, favor, particularly, attempt, aboard
	content words:		Boston Harbor, Many English, Sir William Howe, General Henry Clinton, Lord Charles Cornwallis, New York, Lord Cornwallis, South Carolina, York River, Chesapeake Bay

---

The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781 By Jane Runyon

---

¹     In 1773, the colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor. From that time on, the fight between the British and colonists grew fiercer. Battles were won and lost on both sides. Many English and Americans lost their lives. Eight years of fighting were hard on both sides. It was particularly hard on the British. This was a strange land to them. The commanders of the army were thousands of miles from the battle. The cost of the war was draining the treasury.
 
²     Sir William Howe resigned as commander of the British troops in the colonies. He was tired of the criticism he was receiving for his leadership. General Henry Clinton replaced him. Clinton believed he would be able to inflict a final defeat on the colonists by moving his troops south. He thought he would find more colonists loyal to the British cause in the southern colonies. If he were to take control of the southern colonies, he would be able to crush the entire rebellion. He appointed Lord Charles Cornwallis to lead his troops in the southern colonies. He remained in New York with a small force and put the rest of the British soldiers aboard ships sailing to Georgia.
 
³     Lord Cornwallis and his troops first took over Savannah, Georgia. He declared all of Georgia to be in British hands. They then headed to Camden, South Carolina. It was a fierce battle, but the British were victorious. Believing that the war was finally going in their favor, the British headed for Virginia. They made camp in Yorktown. Yorktown was on the York River near the very important Chesapeake Bay. They sent word to General Clinton, who promised to send more troops by ship to meet them there.

Paragraphs 4 to 7:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

---

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once!

---

Feedback on The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781

Leave your feedback on The Final Battle - Yorktown 1781   (use this link if you found an error in the story)

---

American Revolution

American Revolution

---

United States

United States

American Government         Black History and Blacks in U.S. History         Children in History         Government Careers         Hispanic Heritage         How Can I Help?

Immigration         National Parks and Monuments         Native Americans         Presidents of the United States         Women's History

---

United States History

A Nation Divided (1840-1861)         A New Nation (1776-1830)         After the Civil War (1865-1870)         American Revolution         Cold War (1947-1991)         Colonial America (1492-1776)         Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)         Pearl Harbor         Spanish American War (1898)         The 1890's         The 1900's         The 1910's         The 1920's         The 1930's

The 1940's         The 1950's         The 1960's         The 1970's         The 1980's         The 1990's         The 2000's         The Civil War (1861-1865)         The Great Depression (1929-1945)         The United States Grows (1865-1900)         The War of 1812         Wild, Wild West         World War I (1914-1918)         World War II

---

50 States

Fifty States Theme Unit

---

Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

Copyright © 2018 edHelper