17. What was the importance of the Battle of Yorktown? a.
a. the British army under General Clinton captured the port city and took thousands of
Patriot's prisoner
b. the Continental army under General Gates attacked a stronger British army and suffered
the highest casualty rate of the war
C. the Continental army under General Greene secured North and South Carolina by
defeating Loyalist militia forces
d. the British army under General Cornwallis surrendered to a combined American and
French army in the last major battle of the war