USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the Battle at Yorktown and Cornwallis’s surrender-and the British down one-third of its force-the British Parliament, in March 1782, passed a resolution calling for the nation to end the war.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown effectively ended the Revolutionary War. Lacking the financial resources to raise a new army, the British government appealed to the Americans for peace. Almost two years later, on September 3, 1783, the signing of the Treaty of Paris brought the war to an end.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Continental Army’s victory at the Siege of Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, depicts the British surrendering to Benjamin Lincoln, flanked by French (left) and American troops.

Detailed explanation-4: -After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night, from artillery, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the War for Independence.