21 Apr 12. While it does no harm to shake water, the 'scientific' explanation for doing so which you have been given is complete poppycock! What happens when you shake water is that it aerates it and small bubbles of air become suspended for a time in the water.
Hopes for a British victory in the war against America are dashed. In the English Parliament, there will soon be calls to bring this long costly war to an end. August 27, 1782 - The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River.
Prior to the battle General Cornwallis occupied the town of Yorktown in order to establish a defensible deep-water port. Although this final major battle took place in 1781 the American Revolutionary War was not officially over until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in September of 1783.