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They wanted to rule yorktown

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Q: How did the british and king respond to the news of the battle of the Yorktown?
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What battle marked the end of the Revolutionary War?

The battle that ended the revolutionary war that started in 1775 because the colonists wanted to be free from England and King George III taxation and the war they won in 1783 was at the battle of Yorktown, Va. And the treaty of Paris wasn't signed until two years later.


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