USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In this encounter, called the Battle of the Capes, the British fleet is soundly defeated and forced to abandon Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown.

Detailed explanation-2: -The British Army was now surrounded at Yorktown. They were greatly outnumbered by the French and American troops. For eleven days the American forces bombarded the British. Finally Cornwallis sent out the white flag for surrender.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Cowpens in 1781 was a turning point in the American southern campaign to liberate South Carolina from British control. This battle set into motion the events that ultimately led to the end of the war and the defeat of the British.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inability to Efficiently Supply the British Army Cornwallis had stretched his supply lines so thin that anything less than a total victory against Nathanael Greene meant the end of his surge. This left him pinned at Yorktown and surrounded by the French Navy. His surrender would end the American Revolutionary War.