Technically it did not end the fighting because there were still small skirmishes. Yorktown was the last major battle and "ended the fighting" because the British started loseing citys and did not have enough soldiers, allies and confidence of winning the war. Also lots of money was being used to transport soldiers to America.
Technically it did not end the fighting because there were still small skirmishes. Yorktown was the last major battle and "ended the fighting" because the British started loseing citys and did not have enough soldiers, allies and confidence of winning the war. Also lots of money was being used to transport soldiers to America.
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The battle of Yorktown
The victory at Yorktown in 1781 was the decisive moment of the American Revolution. Lord Cornwallis, under siege from George Washington's Continental Army, was forced to surrender his position after the French Navy blocked his evacuation by sea. After the surrender, the 13 Colonies entered into negotations with England, eventually leading to official Independence in 1783. Basically, Yorktown allowed the US to become a country.
Quoted from Wikipedia:"The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, as the surrender of Cornwallis' army prompted the British government eventually to negotiate an end to the conflict."
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After their victory at Yorktown.
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Because everything was settled after the fight, there was no need for anything else
the Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
The victory at Yorktown is one of the bat tels fought in the revolutionary war. The war that technically marked the end of the war even though there were smaller fights for 2 years until the treaty of Paris 1783
The battle at Yorktown was a big win towards the end of the war. It was the last major battle. After the victory at Yorktown, the British realized the war was too costly to continue.
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