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Why were port cities crucial to an eighteenth-century military campaign?
Because of primary hubs for landing troops, offloading bulk supplies from ships, and controlling the international trade necessary to fund and sustain a war.
How did Cornwallis's decision to camp at Yorktown backfire?
It backfired as he got boxed in by the French navy, and had to surrender.
Why was the French Navy essential to the American victory at Yorktown?
It won control of the Chesapeake Bay, blocking British escape routes by sea and preventing British ships from delivering reinforcements or supplies to General Cornwallis, forcing his surrender
Explain the general terms/guidelines of the Treaty of Paris, formalized in 1783.
It forced the British to recognize American sovereignty, expanded the U.S all the way to the Mississippi River, and gave no end date for British soldiers to leave the U.S.