THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Battle of Yorktown
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Battle of Charleston
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Battle of Saratoga
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Battle of Trenton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Yorktown It was there in 1781 that a combined French and American army led by George Washington defeated and captured General Cornwallis and his army. This defeat was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War and forced Great Britain to decide to come to the negotiating table.
Detailed explanation-2: -Surrender at Yorktown On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8, 000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The End of the Revolutionary War General Lord Cornwallis surrendering his sword and his army to General George Washington and the Continental and French armies after the final battle of the Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781 in Yorktown, Virginia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The conflict lasted a total of seven years, with the major American victory at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781 marking the end of hostilities, although some fighting took place through the fall of 1783. When did the American Revolution end?