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Mar 26, 2024 · The Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Fought in and around Yorktown, Virginia, American forces defeated the British, forcing them to surrender and sign Articles of Capitulation on October 19, 1781.
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One of the most important battles in the American Revolutionary War, was the Siege of Yorktown. Let us look at some interesting facts about this battle of 1781, and find why it took place and its after-effects.
Discover what it took for the United States to be independent as you explore the site of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Here at Yorktown, in the fall of 1781, General George Washington, with allied American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s British army. On October 19, Cornwallis surrendered ...
Jun 20, 2024 · The Siege of Yorktown was the defining moment in the American Revolutionary War, where the Americans, with the aid of the French, finally pushed the British to the point where they could not win.
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The defeat of the British at Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the American Revolution and give the colonist their freedom. Battle of Yorktown Timeline. 1780 - Over 5,000 French soldiers arrived in Rhode Island in order to help the Americans defeat the British.
Sep 28, 2017 · The battle proved to be the decisive American victory of the War for Independence. Encircled, and with no hope of escape, Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender his army to the combined Franco-American Army on October 19th, 1781.