Yorktown.
Yorktown
One British army under General Cornwallis surrendered in 1781 at Yorktown. This did not result in a full surrender by the British. The British Army and Navy continued to hold all of the major seaports until a final treaty was accepted by both sides in 1783.
the American revolution
they surendered in yorktown.
The final phase of the American Revolution was characterized by guerrilla warfare aimed at wearing down the British Forces, American attacks on the frontier against combined Indian and British forces and major battles between opposing forces of Americans.
The Battle of Yorktown was fought because Lord Cornwallis believed that by having the British troops camp out in Yorktown Virginia they could force American troops to surrender control of the Carolina territories. George Washington marched the American troops into Yorktown and demanded that the British troops leave. This was the final battle of the American Revolution.
Washington, commanding American and French forces, forced Cornwallis to surrender his entire British Army of the South there, effectively ending the Revolution, though years of negotiation followed.
The Siege of Yorktown brought about the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis.
He was attempting to convince France to ally with the Americans in the war, which he eventually did, and the French were what made the British surrender in the final battle of the war.
General Cornwallis' army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, but Cornwallis himself was not there to surrender to General George Washington.
Yorktown was the final battle between the colonists and the British. The British lost at Yorktown and were forced to flee the land giving the colonists their independence
One British army under General Cornwallis surrendered in 1781 at Yorktown. This did not result in a full surrender by the British. The British Army and Navy continued to hold all of the major seaports until a final treaty was accepted by both sides in 1783.