Naval+Battle+French+Fleet+Drives+the+British+Fleet+Out+of+Chesapeake+Bay





=**On a cool September day the British and French Naval Fleet took up canons at the mouth of the** [|Chesapeake Bay]. it was dire that the French beat the British so that the royal navy could not help its ground forces at Yorktown,[| Virginia], where they surrendered to the French and [|Continental Army]. Under french rule was [|Francois Joseph Paul] with 24 Ships, while the British were [|Sir Thomas Graves] with only 19 ships. this battle was very important because the bay was needed to reach [|Washington D.C]. and to deliver soldiers up and down the bay to major states. the exact date of the battle was September 5, 1781.= ==If the British got into the Chesapeake bay they could of not hold up on their side of the deal when they surrendered at [|Yorktown] and could of overtaken the [|Americans] by surprise so this battle was crucial.== || =The French came from [|the caribbean] to help assist the the contientntal army against the [|british navy]and their army of many [|soldiers]= ==This Battle was of very important because if the British were able to back up its army the Americans could of lost Yorktown, Chesapeake Bay, all of [|the South], and Virginia.[|Cape Henry] is one of the most important bays in the Chesapeake bay which made this a very important [|battle].== ||
 * =__//**The French Have Done It!**//__=

==The French on the Left---English on RightThe Reason the French were in the war was because the [|powerful]countries like to be on the winning side so the French picked the Americans so they could get back at the British for beating them at the [|French Indian War]. They also faught the British back in [|Europe] along with [|Spain].==
 * [[image:french.jpg width="391" height="221" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake"]]
 * [[image:french.jpg width="391" height="221" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake"]]

|| ==It was a long and nasty battle between the French and the British, both sides were [|evenly matched]but the French had more ships than the British which gave them an [|advantage] over the world famous British army. Both sides had ships that were damadged and soilder that were [|wounded] but the French [|scuttled] one of the British's [|boat]s which made it [|sink].==
 * What Were the French tryig to protect from the british?**
 * Why Were the french Helping the americans?**
 * what wsa going on up the chesapeake bay?** ||