General Washington retreated whenever necessary to save his army from the large and well armed British Red Coats.
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Fort Necessity was built by George Washington. He saw the French and their fort, Fort Duquesne. George Washington was forced to surrender.
It effectively ended in 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia after George Washington forced General Cornwallis to surrender after the battle there. But the Revolutionary War didn't officially end until the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
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It was called Fort Necessity. Washington was soon forced to surrender it to the French.
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
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George Washington and his men surrounded General Cornwallis's men in Yorktown. Too late, Cornwallis discovered that his army was surrounded. Cannons were fired for weeks. Cornwallis ran out of hope and tried to flee by ship, but a fierce storm stopped them and it forced Cornwallis back to Yorktown. On October 17, 1781, Cornwallis sent a runner and a drummer boy with a white flag to surrender to General George Washington, the winner of the Revolutionary War from 1775-1781. Go USA!
General Francois Joseph Paul De Grasse is credited with drawing away British Forces, and blockading the course until the rest of the French fleet and the Continental armies of George Washington and Rochambeau could arrive. Unable to break through the blockade, British General Cornwallis was forced to surrender.
George Washington built Fort Necessity in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1754. He was forced to surrender this fort to the French after a short battle known as the Battle of Fort Necessity during the French and Indian War. This was one of Washington's early military experiences.
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October 19, 1781 - Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. American troops under George Washington, British troops under Charles Cornwallis Cornwallis was forced to surrender.