George washing and his troops trapped Cornwallis's troop on a peninsula in Charleston. They had no way to escape.
Because Washington saw a opportunity to trap Cornwallis con the Yorktown peninsula Hope that helped;)
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown. Yorktown
At the Battle of Yorktown
The most significant consequence of the battle of Yorktown was the end of the Revolutionary War. The American army and the French navy fenced in British General Cornwallis and his troops, and forced Cornwallis to surrender. His surrender at Yorktown meant the surrender of the entire war to the Americans, and created the country now known as the United States of America.
Yorktown, Virginia.
Yorktown Corwallis surrendered to gerneral Washington in Yorktown.
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown. Yorktown
At the Battle of Yorktown
At Yorktown.
General Cornwallis' army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, but Cornwallis himself was not there to surrender to General George Washington.
General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia, heralding the end of the Revolutionary War.General Cornwallis surrendered in Yorktown.
Yorktown
October 19, 1781 was the date of Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
The most significant consequence of the battle of Yorktown was the end of the Revolutionary War. The American army and the French navy fenced in British General Cornwallis and his troops, and forced Cornwallis to surrender. His surrender at Yorktown meant the surrender of the entire war to the Americans, and created the country now known as the United States of America.
Cornwallis surrendered to Washington and Rochambeau at Yorktown
Yes.
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
General Cornwallis did not surrender personally to George Washington. Instead he sent a deputy to do the job.