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—After 3 weeks of bombardment from Washington General Cornwallis surrendered Yorktown. Yorktown was an important strategies fort commercially because of its ports. The battle of Yorktown led to the victory of the Patriots.


It was the last battle of the Civil War where the British surrendered to the U.S.
The Battle of Yorktown was important because it was part of the American Revolution and a lot of the outcomes of the Battle of Yorktown affected the outcome of our independence and the revolutionary war.

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The battled of Yorktown is important because it ended the Revolutionary War. George Washington and the French took over Cornwallis's camp of 5,000 men. Cornwallis lost power of Virginia and was forced to surrender.

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