at Yorktown, General Cornwallis was unable to retreat because Washington's Army surrounded him on land, and the French fleet of ships surrounded him on sea, so General Cornwallis surrendered and the colonies won the Revolutionary War.
During the American Civil War, it was the South that eventually surrendered, thereby bringing the four-year-long conflict to an end. More particularly, General Robert E. Lee, acknowledging defeat at the hands of his nemesis, General Ulysses S. Grant, surrendered not only his troops but also the South as a whole, in recognition of the dominating position which the Union had achieved in the Spring of 1865.
The british surrendered at yorktown when the patriots were gone
They surrendered at Yorktown where the Patriots surrounded the british by land while the French navy blockaded the British from retreating to their strong hold at New York City.
Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown.
The final surrender at Yorktown was done between General George Washington of the colonies and General Charles Cornwallis of the British.
General Charles Cornwallis' surrender in Yorktown, Virginia led to the end of major hostilities during the war.
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Henry Hamilton commanded Detroit, the main British base in the west.Also Ethan Allen and the green mountain boys set out to take the Brittish Fort "Ticonderoga."
If you mean what battle ended the war, the traditional ending to the war was the Surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
In April 9, 1865, the American Civil War was virtually ended by Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
surrender at Appomattox ended the civil war
The revolution started in 1789 and ended in 1799, thus it occurred in the 18th century.
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The endgame to the American Revolution against the British Empire was the Battle of Yorktown. The Articles of Capitulation marking the surrender of the British was concluded after the battle in 1791.
General Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, was a British general who was surrounded by French troops and had to surrender which ended the American Revolution.
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British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
The American Revolutionary War was ended when British troops in Yorktown surrendered to American forces. The British were also blockaded by the French war fleet. The Peace treaty of Paris officially ended the war as Great Britain recognized the new American nation.
The American Revolution began in 1775 with the Battles of Lexington and Concord and ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1783. However, fighting ceased with the 1781 surrender of Cornwallis after the Battle of Yorktown.
On the battlefield, the American Revolutionary War was for all practical purposes ended by the surrender of General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in October of 1781. Diplomatically the Revolution was completed by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
It effectively ended in 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia after George Washington forced General Cornwallis to surrender after the battle there. But the Revolutionary War didn't officially end until the Treaty of Paris of 1783.The fighting in America ended after the British surrender at Yorktown. The formal treaty aknowledging the Independence of the United States was signed on September 3,1783.