Battle Of Yorktown (October Of 1781)

From September 28 through October 19, 1781, the Americans and their allies in France fought the British in Virginia in the Battle of Yorktown. It's also one of the American Revolutionary War's final major battles. An army of 17,000 French and American soldiers led by General George Washington faced a battalion of 9000 British soldiers led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis. While the French naval force blocked the British from escaping via the water, the American army combated the British by obstructing their departure by land. The War for Independence came to a conclusion when the British finally submitted in the field at Yorktown after three weeks of day and night shelling. On October 19, there was a ceremonial surrender ceremony in which the French and American leaders received the sword.

The British war effort came to an end with the Battle of Yorktown. A bill allowing for peace with America is approved by British Parliament on March 5, 1782. After 15 days, Lord North announces his resignation. The war is won when the British are defeated at Yorktown, despite the fact that it takes the Americans two more years of deft diplomacy to formally gain their independence through the Treaty of Paris.