AP HISTORY CH 7
AP US HISTORY Ahna Hughes Chapter 5,6 9/28/04 1. ... 7. ... History has burdened Burgoyne with responsibility for the British failure at Saratoga. ... Regardless of the controversy, history has forever put Cornwallis’ name in books—as the man who surrendered to George Washington on October 17, 1781, and helped make way for the birth of the United States. ... However, Cornwallis kept all of his troops, which was about 7,500, and began fortifying Yorktown and Gloucester, across the York River. ... He surrendered his army of 7,157 on October 19, 1781. ... Alexander Hamilton was perhaps the most talented political figure in American history, but he was prevented from achieving widespread recognition because of an overbearing nature and an inability to relate to the concerns of the common man.