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Virginia | Sep 28 - Oct 19, 1781. The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America. How it ended. American victory.
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The siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, and led to the surrender of General Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army. The Continental Army's victory at Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
- September 28 – October 19, 1781, (3 weeks)
Siege of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
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Yorktown, historic town, seat (1634) of York county, southeastern Virginia, U.S. It is situated on the south bank of the York River across from Gloucester Point, just east-southeast of Williamsburg. The area around Yorktown was settled in 1630, but the town itself developed after 1691 when a port.
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Oct 17, 2016 · On 17 October 1781 British General Lord Cornwallis’ army officially surrendered to a Franco-American army at Yorktown. After years of war and changing fortunes the capitulation of the British marked a decisive turning point, and Yorktown was to be the last major battle of the American War of Independence.
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Nov 28, 2018 · 1. INSTEAD OF GOING TO YORKTOWN, GEORGE WASHINGTON WANTED TO RETAKE NEW YORK CITY. The ink was barely dry on the Declaration of Independence when New York was attacked by the British. On...
Jan 11, 2024 · September 28, 1781–October 19, 1781 — Siege of Yorktown. Battle of Yorktown facts, including dates, casualties, participants, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know. It was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War and ended with the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis to General George Washington.
