General Cornwallis
General Cornwallis was the British commander that surrendered at Yorktown.
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
at Yorktown, Virginia.
In the American Revolution, George Washington was a commander of the colonial army. Cornwallis was a commander of the British army.
The British surrendered at Yorktown in 1781.
the British surrendered
Yorktown
This was the last battle of the American Revolution as this is where the British surrendered.
The American revolution was a 5 year war between the American colonies and the British. In 1776 the colonies declared independence from Britain and this resulted in the revolution. Washington was commander of American troops and in 1789 he became the first president after the constitution was written.
Cornwallis, George Washington
he was the British general of the British army, and surrendered at Yorktown.
Fighting ended in 1781 when the commander of the British forces, Lord Cornwallis, surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, officially ending the Revolutionary War.