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What was the final major battle that led to the British defeat?
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The final major battle of the American Revolution occurred at Yorktown, Virginia. (A number of other battles occurred after that. New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida, all claim the "last battle.")
The most important battle before that one occurred at Guilford Court House in North Carolina. During that battle General Greene kept retreating and General Cornwallis kept attacking. At the end of the day, the British had driven the Americans back 10 miles at the cost of half of the British army and the loss of very few American lives. The next day Lord Cornwallis gathered his army and headed for the seacoast where the British fleet would provide protection from the Americans. He would leave North Carolina forever. By the rules of that day, Guilford Court House was called a British Victory.
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