Question
This admiral failed to invade Jamaica after he lost the Battle of the Saintes to the British, but that happened after we won the Revolutionary War so who cares. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this French admiral who had earlier defeated the British at the Battle of the Chesapeake and blockaded Yorktown.
ANSWER: Comte de Grasse [or François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly]
[10h] This British admiral won the battle. In 1780 he was sent to the Americas with a huge fleet of reinforcements, but spent his time plundering the Dutch island of St. Eustatius rather than supporting his struggling countrymen.
ANSWER: George Rodney [or George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]
[10e] Rodney’s failure helped force this British general to surrender at Yorktown, effectively ending the war.
ANSWER: Charles Cornwallis [or 1st Marquess Cornwallis]
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| Hutto Hippos | Cornell B- | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |