HISTORY 

The Battle of Yorktown

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         It was the Battle were the general Cornwallis surrendered. The fight took place in Yorktown, Virgin ia and was led by General George Washington. The battle happened in 1781 it was the last battle of the revolutionary war. America was helped by the French and we owned the Brits

After Cornwallis surrendered the British surrendered because they knew they couldn’t win and they were a bunch of sallys.  And we got our independence.        http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolutio1/p/yorktown.htm