The man you are referencing is John Paul Jones, father of the American navy.
the battle of Yorktown
Yorktown.
Yorktown
Yorktown, Virginia.
Yes they did.
The British surrendered at Yorktown in 1781.
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Yes. That's what we went over in Social Studies
Yorktown
The British did not surrender. They merely withdrew because the war was not cost-effective. They had other priorities with colonies such as India who were giving them problems.
Yorktown VA. American and French militaries cornered Great Britain, so British general Charles Cornwallis was forced to surrender, thus ending the American Revolution.
The war began in 1775 (Lexington & Concord) and ended in 1783 (Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown).