1 2 [transitive] sit somebody + adv./prep. to put somebody in a sitting position He lifted the child and sat her on the wall. 2  She sat him down in front of the fire with a hot drink. 3  3 [intransitive] to be in a particular place + adv./prep. 4  A large bus was sitting outside.
The British Surrender at Yorktown October 19, 1781. America declared its independence in 1776, but it took another five years to win freedom from the British. That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8,000 British troops to Yorktown. They expected help from British ships sent from New York.
Best Answer: The French Navy defeating the British Navy in the Battle of the Chesapeake in September 1781. Once this occurred, the British at Yorktown couldn't receive reinforcements or be evacuated by sea. Washington then sent his French and Americans soldiers and artillery to surround Yorktown by land.