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George Washington was the British leader who surrendered in for Necessity
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
George Washington led the Continental Army against the British and helped them win the war when the British surrendered. The Americans were finally free.
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
At the end of this revolutionary war battle, the British surrendered and America became an independent nation. general Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1786 bringing the American Revolution to an end. Gen. Cornwallis sent his second in command, Charles O'Hara, who attempted to deliver Cornwallis's sword to French general, Comte de Rochambeau. But Rochambeau directed O'Hara to American General George Washington, who coolly steered the British officer to Washington's own second in command, Major General Benjamin Lincoln.
It wasn't a British General it was General George Washington and later on he set up Fort Necessity which was later sieged by the French until George Washington surrendered.
treaty of paris!!
The surrender was to George Washington but Cornwallis did not attend claiming he was ill.
No, George Washington was not British by birth. He was American British.
Washington's most notable victories were over Gen. John Burgoyne at Saratoga and against Charles, Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. Both surrendered their armies to Washington.
General Cornwallis was the British general that surrendered to the Patriot general, George Washington. That was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.