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  2. Siege of Yorktown - Wikipedia

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    The surrender of Lord Cornwallis, October 19, 1781, at Yorktown. The British had asked for the traditional honors of war, which would allow the army to march out with flags flying, bayonets fixed, and the band playing an American or French tune as a tribute to the victors.

  3. Yorktown campaign - Wikipedia

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    By December 1780, the American Revolutionary War's North American theatres had reached a critical point. The Continental Army had suffered major defeats earlier in the year, with its southern armies either captured or dispersed in the loss of Charleston and the Battle of Camden in the south, while the armies of George Washington and the British commander-in-chief for North America, Sir Henry ...

  4. Siege of Yorktown order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The siege was a decisive Franco-American victory: after the surrender of British Lt. Gen. Charles, Earl Cornwallis on October 17, the government of Lord North fell, and its replacement entered into peace negotiations that resulted in British recognition of American independence with the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

  5. Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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    Within weeks General Washington had deployed a much larger army, and his artillery bombarded the British positions in early October. After American and French troops overran two British strongholds, Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. [2] In the center of the scene, American General Benjamin Lincoln appears mounted on a white horse.

  6. Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

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    The culminating engagement, the siege of Yorktown, ended with the surrender of British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis on October 19, 1781. It was essentially the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. [3] [4] Shortly afterward, negotiations between the United States and Great Britain began, resulting in the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

  7. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

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    September 28-October 19, 1781: Virginia: Franco-American victory: Cornwallis surrenders his entire force of over 7,000; escape blocked by the French navy. Last major land battle of the war. Battle of Fort Slongo: October 3, 1781: New York: American victory Battle of Raft Swamp: October 15, 1781: North Carolina: American victory Battle of ...

  8. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    The Revolutionary War drew attention away from the Pope, making King George III the most prominent foreign opponent in the minds of Americans. Anti-Catholicism remained strong among Loyalists. By the 1780s, Catholics were extended legal toleration in all of the New England states in which they had previously been discriminated against.

  9. Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The longer the Revolutionary War went on, the more fluid and dynamic the "Patriot" and "Loyalist" categories became; and the larger the population became that did not fit neatly into either camp. [3] It is estimated that between 20 and 45% of the population were somewhere in the middle as "Trimmers' or neutrals who bent with the wind.