Yorktown, 1781
George Washington
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yorktown virginia
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
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During the American Revolution, the most important surrender by British troops took place in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. There, with the help of French troops and naval forces, it was General George Washington who received the surrender of a British force, led by Lord Cornwallis, that had been surrounded, blockaded, and then finally defeated.
George Washington accepted the position of Commander in Chief on June 15, 1775. He had been a delegate to the Continental Congress since 1774.
No, George Washington was not British by birth. He was American British.
The surrender was to George Washington but Cornwallis did not attend claiming he was ill.
General Cornwallis did not surrender personally to George Washington. Instead he sent a deputy to do the job.
General Cornwallis was the British general that surrendered to the Patriot general, George Washington. That was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.