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During the American Revolutionary War, the action that finally convinced the British to negotiate for a final peace with the Americans was a major battle -- in fact, a victory for the Americans. This victory came at Yorktown (Virginia) in 1781, where a combined American and French force surrounded and exacted the surrender of a British army led by Lord Cornwallis.
It was the struggle that triggered the start of the Revolutionary War. British troops had been in Boston for 8 years and Americans finally got them to evacuate.
The Battle of Yorktown was the big defeat. The American forces and managed to corner the British Army on a peninsula. The French Navy prevented the British Navy from being able to rescue them. The results was the surrender of the British.
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Well, it was the biggest loss in the whole Revolutionary War. The British captured the Americans and the Americans finally surrendered, making the British own most of the Southern colonies.AnswerWell, the Battle of Charleston was the biggest loss in the Revolutionary War! The Americans lost almost their entire army. The British's win made them rule almost all of the southern colonies. See the links below.
During the American Revolutionary War, the action that finally convinced the British to negotiate for a final peace with the Americans was a major battle -- in fact, a victory for the Americans. This victory came at Yorktown (Virginia) in 1781, where a combined American and French force surrounded and exacted the surrender of a British army led by Lord Cornwallis.
During the American Revolutionary War, the action that finally convinced the British to negotiate for a final peace with the Americans was a major battle -- in fact, a victory for the Americans. This victory came at Yorktown (Virginia) in 1781, where a combined American and French force surrounded and exacted the surrender of a British army led by Lord Cornwallis.
They were surrounded , their air force was decimated, most of their army was gone.
The Americans, supported by Rochambeau's French Army, won the Battle of Yorktown, forcing the whole Cornwallis's British Army entrenched there, to surrender on October 19, 1781. It was the last battle of the Revolutionary War , which put to an end the fighting in America, leading in the early 1782 the British House of Commons to authorize King George III to make peace.
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.
The French Navy finally arrived and blockaded Yorktown, preventing a British escape to the sea and denying them reinforcement or supply. George Washington surrounded the city his Continental Army. General Cornwallis realized his position was untenable, and surrendered his forces.
well they trapped them and then surrounded them and the british finally surrendered
The endgame to the American Revolution against the British Empire was the Battle of Yorktown. The Articles of Capitulation marking the surrender of the British was concluded after the battle in 1791.
It was the struggle that triggered the start of the Revolutionary War. British troops had been in Boston for 8 years and Americans finally got them to evacuate.
The lack of respect for Patriot soldiers
lack if respect Lack of respect for the Patriot soldiers.
lack if respect Lack of respect for the Patriot soldiers.