Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 - 5 October 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American Revolutionary War. His 1781 defeat by a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is generally considered the end of the war, as the bulk of British troops surrendered with Cornwallis; minor skirmishes continued for two more years. In India, where he served two terms as governor general, he is remembered for promulgating the Permanent Settlement. As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he argued for Catholic emancipation.
In the American Revolutionary War, he was a British General. He lead in many wars at that time, but is most known for surrendering in Battle of Yorktown. This was one of the final battles of the Rev. War, thus Gen. Cornwallis let the Americans win due to this surrender.
He was an influential member of the British Parliament. Lord Charles Cornwallis opposed nearly all of the British policies that led to the American Revolution. However, he was a loyal solider and well connected. He'd been in the army since he was eighteen, and had fought in Germany during the Seven Years War. When the call to serve in the Revolution came in 1775, he accepted a military command as a major general and fought through much of the American Revolution.
Eventually, Lord Charles Cornwallis was in command of the British southern army in Yorktown. His forces were under siege by George Washington's troops on the land side and cut off from retreat or resupply by the French navy on the seaward side. Facing annihilation he surrendered his army at Yorktown, which brought a close to the war a few months later.
Lord Cornwallis was a British General during the Revolutionary War. He was the General who surrendered at Yorktown, which marked the last major battle of the War.
He went onto the peninsula of Yorktown and got stuck there. The Royal Navy could of picked him up but he didn't and the patriots set up cannons all around the harbor and blocked the entrance!
General Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, was a British general who was surrounded by French troops and had to surrender which ended the American Revolution.
it was "Old Fox" because Generals Washington's army had trick General Cornwallis
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General Cornwallis' army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, but Cornwallis himself was not there to surrender to General George Washington.
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
Charles Cornwallis.
General Charles Cornwallis was born Dec. 31, 1738.
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia, heralding the end of the Revolutionary War.General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown.
General Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown, Virginia.
General Charles Cornwallis
General Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, was a British general who was surrounded by French troops and had to surrender which ended the American Revolution.
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown. Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, however, instead of doing it in person, he sent Charles O'Hara to do it for him.Ema GibbinsThanks so much you'r a life saverWho was the British general surrendered at York Town?
it was "Old Fox" because Generals Washington's army had trick General Cornwallis
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General Charles Cornwallis.
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